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Oh yeah and I know the bow is whiter than the rest of the boat, but we will paint it all that white color eventually.

Deck after it was painted We painted the deck with some left over white paint my mom had. It looks alot better. eventually I think we'll put awlgrip on the deck, but for now I have attached two pics of the deck painted, one when the sun is up, and the other when the sun is coming down (you...

Thanks so much, we are going to cover the epoxy with some paint as recommended. I couldnt have done this repair if not for the help of ya'll who responded and kept up with my post... Truly invaluable information! :p

Thanks! yes it does feel good to have it done! How quickly does the epoxy degrade? We are planning on painting the entire top side but not for probably 6 months...is there a temporary solution to stop the stuff from degrading?

The next day we came back out to finish the job. We fiberglassed the top skin back on, then put two layers of epoxy over the seam of the repair, We sanded as much as we could and scraped off epoxy that dried on the deck. we drilled through the overdrilled holes we filled with epoxy for the...

Oh yeah one thing I forget to say was that we removed the forestay and tied it to the dock with a rope to take the pressure off of the bow. We scraped all the wood off, then cut the foam to fit the area. The area in the middle where the cleat was in the first picture was weak from stress...

So we removed the hardware, marked the area that was soft, just aft of the anchor chain and just forward of the old repair. we then cut into the deck with a saw. We pried the top skin off with a scraper and screwdriver. Underneath it we found the rotten wood and scraped it all off. That took...

The job is finally done! So this weekend we jumped in and did the bow repair. We discussed it so much earlier in this thread, I wont go back into the details leading up to the repair. We hire some young help who is good with fiberglass to help. This bow repair, and the rebedding of the bow...

great pics! Yes thank you for that, this was very informative, and good timing because we are about to rebed some deck hardware. Thanks!

Neat. I spoke with someone at James Town Distributors. They have a Core Cell foam, double cut to fit contured sufaces. He said I will need this in the way of Epoxy: West System 105 epoxy-gallon 206 slow hardener-quart 403-filler/adhesive-microfiber to fill under edges and lay foam in...

So the time has come. So now that the weather is nice, and we have had time to think about the repair, we are going to jump in and do it. Along with some hired help who is very good with fiberglass. We think we are going to go with closed cell foam to repair the triangle in the bow. Any...

a funny aside The owner of the boat (my mom) found the hull number today. its 669..and Its on the main sail, we saw it when we sailed it back and thought maybe it was a racing number.. Good thing it wasnt 666.. LOL.. imagine getting that hull number (no offense if anyone here has that...

Thanks so much-I'll let know what is decided in the coming weeks. so very helpful all of you are. :)

Oh yeah one more thing i forgot to say about the PO's repair. He took out the rotten wood, then set the foam up and then fiberglassed the new foam into place, Then he refiberglassed the top skin he had removed back on. so there the is top skin as well as new fiberglass underneath that. To give...

I reread my previous post. What I was saying about the water leaking through from a crack in the seam, is that in the vberth storage area on the port side on the cabin top there was a place where water was getting through. a little area about 1/4" appears to be cracked, but when you go on the...