[C320-list] Voids under the deck

[jonvez at comcast.net]

The void on the port side transom seems to be showing up on many of the boats that have responded. I have one, but it has not 'popped' yet. Unfortunately it's in a bad place to do a good cosmetic fix....

Regards,

Jon Vez

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From: "Allan Field" <Allan.Field at comcast.net> 

> Jerry - I have a rather large area - maybe 2 inches wide by 8 inches long - 
> of void on the transom. I dug out the cracked fiberglass with a 
> screwdriver, cleaned the mat with acetone, and filled the void with 
> MarineTex after taping around the hole. I am still sanding down the 
> MarineTex. It is not a perfect match and will always be apparent to close 
> observation but it was cheap and fast. I am not sure whether or not I 
> eventually will try to then spray gelcoat over the MarineTex. 
> 
> I also have a void on the non-skid, port side, almost under the cat bird 
> seat. The cracking is just starting and at some point, I will dig that out 
> with the trusty screwdriver and resort to MarineTex again. 
> 
> As disappointed as I am about this lack of quality control, I have to keep 
> remembering that it is a production boat and the problems are not going to 
> sink the thing. 
> 
> Allan S. Field 
> Sea Shadow - #808 
> Columbia, MD 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com 
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Brown 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:41 AM 
> To: C320-List 
> Subject: [C320-list] Voids under the deck 
> 
> 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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