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When it rained, brown water leaked from the engine hatch and the mount for the cockpit table on my cousin’s 31′ powerboat. He keeps his engine hatch and cockpit covered when not in use, so there was no obvious point of entry for the leak. It was a mystery indeed. He asked if I could […]
The bottom of a typical trailered powerboat is not something that gets a lot of daily attention but has a very important job. Since I have been involved in boat building and repair my entire career, I may think more than most boaters about what is going on below my feet when running through waves. […]
Getting started on any project is half the battle. This could not be truer when it comes to an unexpected fiberglass repair. Every crashed boat is different; making every repair a bit different. Some repairs are straightforward, textbook repairs. The damage occurs on a flat area of the hull that is a solid fiberglass laminate. […]
By Don Gutzmer – GBI Technical Advisor Investigating the Damage As with any repair, determining the extent of the damage is paramount. One must embody a marine surveyor’s mindset to determine the underlying issue, then devise an effective repair that will also prevent the problem from returning. The first step I took was to “sound” […]
By Ray McCarthy A friend gave me his well-used 1980 Sunfish sailboat, Stinkin’ Tuna. He and his brother had learned how to turn the boat (tacking) by ricocheting off rocks on Long Island Sound. Over the years they had kept the wreckage floatable with the application of non-hydrodynamic fiberglass patches. Though they made the boat […]
