Deck Repair

[Johnwin]

I have a crack in my deck, its about 4" long and an area around it feels as if it's delaminated.

I was going to grind out the delaminated area and bodge in some glass mat and resin before painting the hull with Protecta-Kote.

Is this the best way to go about it?

[Nos4r2]

Out of interest,is that your SR4?

[Johnwin]

No its my Ribtec, the SR4 is sadly for sale at the moment on Ebay

[AndrewH]

Not sure if this will be of any help, but the link below contains some useful tips on how to repair a hole in a laser dinghy. I'd have thought a similar technique would be just the job for fixing your newly ground out hole in the deck

http://www.lasersailing.com/article/...-fixing-a-hole

Good luck with the repair

Andrew

[Johnwin]

Originally Posted by AndrewH

Not sure if this will be of any help, but the link below contains some useful tips on how to repair a hole in a laser dinghy. I'd have thought a similar technique would be just the job for fixing your newly ground out hole in the deck

http://www.lasersailing.com/article/...-fixing-a-hole

Good luck with the repair

Andrew

Thanks for that Andy. It wont work in my case as there will be a sub surface to bond the repair material to (I hope) so it should be more straight forward.

[Pete7]

John, assuming you are keeping her, then I would open up the edges and clean the whole area with an angle grinder and fill with thickened epoxy resin, then laminate over the top with glass cloth and more epoxy. Although its more expensive I am led to believe it bonds better to old fibreglass and held a diving bottle rack in my Osprey for 5 years without the slightest crack.

Pete

[Chris]

John is this crack recent, just wondering how much water could have got ito the ply underneath? how would one deal with that would you cut back to dry wood?

Chris

[Johnwin]

Originally Posted by Chris1573

John is this crack recent, just wondering how much water could have got ito the ply underneath? how would one deal with that would you cut back to dry wood?

Chris

Chris
The answer to both your questions is, I don't know

I think the crack was there when I bought it, i've silkaflexed it as a temporary repair. There is a spongy area which is about the size of a hand, I plan to grind out any lay-up which is not well bonded and then repair the area (unless advised otherwise).

If the ply is wet underneath I'll seek further advice. The problem is the weather, spare days spent working on the rib are days missed on the water.
John

[Nasher]

Originally Posted by Johnwin

The problem is the weather, spare days spent working on the rib are days missed on the water.
John

They are also ideal at the moment to dry out the ply once the damage is cut back.

Nasher

[Pete7]

John the two different coloured gel coats suggests someone has been there before you. Surely the area is in the side of the hull not the deck? was there a fitting there in the past perhaps ? like a lifting eye

Pete

[Johnwin]

Originally Posted by Pete7

John the two different coloured gel coats suggests someone has been there before you. was there a fitting there in the past perhaps ? like a lifting eye

Pete

Pete
There are lifting eyes fitted further back and the colour difference is deck paint I think. I am assuming its impact damage caused by a dive bottle or similar.

Originally Posted by Pete7

J Surely the area is in the side of the hull not the deck?
Pete

Yes, the position can be seen in this photo
Thanks
John

[Johnwin]

I've ground out the damaged area, I now plan to fill with a chopped fiber resin mix and the lay over 4 sheets to finish, sand the area flat and repaint entire deck.

Will this be a good repair?

[Johnwin]

1 Chopped mat in. 2 Fiberglass layed over. It looks OK to me