[C320-list] Voids under the deck

[Chris Burti]

I have the same problem in one known small area on the port side of
our 2001. It does not appear to penetrate the core, so I have
procrastinated on the repair.

My plan is to putty in the hole with filled resin tinted to match the
gray. As soon as it kicks but before it hardens, I'll use a file to
scribe in the diamond pattern (about the consistency of hardened
play-dough). After it fully sets, I'll use 600 grit to finish the
repair and then polish with rubbing compound.

On 9/18/07, Jerry Brown <jbrown03 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Help Please
>
> Our 5 year year old 320 has bubbling and cracking of the anti skid,
> particulaly at the the port side near the stern.  The gel coat is also
> coming away in places where the deck rolls up to form the side rail.  The
> dealer is attrubuting the cause to "voids" from when the glass was rolled at
> construction.  When the boat was delivered there was clearly a repair to the
> antiskid in that area done at the factory where a triangular piece of anti
> skid had been let into the deck.  The lifting of the anti skid only became
> clear in the last few weeks but tapping with a hammer shows the affected
> area is quite large.  There are other smaller ares elsewhere on the deck.
> The dealer is proposing to drill small holes and "inject" resin, possibly
> preceded by acetone to "dry out any damp".  A professional fibreglasser
> specialising in boat repair has recommended that the only solution is to cut
> out the affaected ares and apply syandard repair techniques which will be
> very obvious as the diamond pattern will be lost.
>
> I would welcome comments on either repair method as the situation cannot be
> left unattended, especially as winter is coming with risk of freezing damage
> if the water has really got in.  I have not yet been able to check with a
> damp meter
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry Brown
> Indigo
> 925#
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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC