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21st November 2010, 03:26 AM #1New Member
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Ski Boat
Hi Guys new to the site hope someone can help me out here.I have decided to get my old speedboat up and running again which we have owned for over 20 years but she is in need of a few repairs.I have got the engine running sweet (186 Holden) but i am lacking in knowledge on the type of boat it is( I think early 60's Clinker) and the type of wood that it is made of so i can replace a few boards which have rotted. The Hull itself seems to b ok besides the boards(see pics) with the bottom half being Fibreglass over the wood.After replacing the rotted plank i would like to give her a quick lick of paint,any suggestions on what paint to use which will stick to the fibreglass and the wood? Any help would b much appreciated because i think the old girl will have a few good years left in her yet.
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22nd November 2010, 06:05 AM #2
At thins point paint is the last thing you need to worry about. As a rule paint sticks to good prep and the substrate type doesn't really matter all that much. Hell, you can paint on water if you can get a primer to stick to it and amazingly enough I know of a primer that will leave a paintable surface on a bucket of water , if you do elect to try it.
'Glass over lapstrake (clinker) is almost always a problem starter. This type of planking doesn't lend itself well to 'glass sheathings and "issues" such as rotted planking quickly develop. Without more pictures and more information, we're kind of stuck as to the advice to offer. The pictures aren't very good in showing what's going on, but it looks like you have several problems. These might include fastener looseness, fastener hole rot, frame rot, cracked or broken frames (from one of several reasons), leaking lap seams, rotting laps and rotting planks. I suspect there's more going on, but this is enough for now.
With this level of rot, I would seriously doubt . . .
The Hull itself seems to b ok
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