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Build Log
36/600 Sailboat repair
Well a friend found out that in the old days I liked R/C sailboats and mentioned that he has two sailboats just sitting around and he has really doesn't know much about them. So he asks me to check them out and see about getting them sea worthy.
The first boat is a nice 50/800 class boat that is in perfect working order. Just add receiver and battery and it's a done deal. Now what looks like a 36/600 class boat is another story. Looking it over, I notice that some of the deck hardware is loose, and I try to tighten it up. Nope, things are stripped. Looking that the deck, it feels like the deck it rotted out, and the pin stripping along the deck and the hull is just nasty. So I peal off the pin stripping with the intentions of replacing it. Sitting at my bench with the setting sun shining in, and just looking at the boat I notice something odd. There is light shining through sections of where the deck meets the hull. Not good. Now I know why they put pin stripping all around, it was acting as a seal. Poking around some more, I find that what I thought was rotted deck, was in fact the epoxy used to glue the deck to the deck supports has died. So with quick work with a putty knife, off comes the deck. With a nasty surprise of looking at the deck supports. One look and I can tell, it's gotta go. Here are the photos of the progress of the repairs. ImagesView all Images in thread
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Last edited by Guz; Aug 25, 2010 at 12:49 PM.
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