Bought this hull pre owned a year ago next week.
Seemed in pretty good shape except a destroyed rideplate fastener and the usual battle scars.
Once i got her home and cleaned up things didnt seem so good.
She weighed a ton. 62kg with the hood.
I was thinking not too bad for an old glass hull. And probably foam soaked.
I knew the tray had to come out to fix the ride plate mount anyway.
So new tray made to overlap the cut out.
Cut out the tray.... no foam. Ok, so shes just a heavy hull.
Moved in to the engine bay. 3 motor mount threads trashed. No big deal.
The inside of the hull has a pre made bed with all the mounts built in. This seemed to have a lot of flex. As though it wasnt glued down fully.
So i cut the middle out. Under the engine area. Then noticed a 12mm gap between the bed and the bottom of the hull.
Now it was time to go full on.
Out came the whole bed. Under the bed was a shock. It seemed as though they had tried to fill the gap with resin. Although they didnt manage it.
I started grinding, then digging out the excess resin. Up to 15mm thick in places.
Then prepping the sides and bulkhead, removing all the excess resin.
Same in the back end under the tray.
Also cut out the foothold buckets and the same treatment there.
Out with all the tubes.
Repaired all the holes for the scupper exhaust and drains.
Next up, glass reinforcement on the now very thin hull bottom.
New thread inserts and repairs to the motor mounts. Motor mounts reset and aligned to pump and bulkhead. Bulkead.
Entire ski reinforced with carbon kevlar. Bulkhead aligned with pump.
New tubes fitted all round. All sealed up with sikaflex. Water leak tested. Drains fitted and tray filled with non absorbing foam.
Tray and foothold buckets refitted. And reinforced.
Seemed in pretty good shape except a destroyed rideplate fastener and the usual battle scars.
Once i got her home and cleaned up things didnt seem so good.
She weighed a ton. 62kg with the hood.
I was thinking not too bad for an old glass hull. And probably foam soaked.
I knew the tray had to come out to fix the ride plate mount anyway.
So new tray made to overlap the cut out.
Cut out the tray.... no foam. Ok, so shes just a heavy hull.
Moved in to the engine bay. 3 motor mount threads trashed. No big deal.
The inside of the hull has a pre made bed with all the mounts built in. This seemed to have a lot of flex. As though it wasnt glued down fully.
So i cut the middle out. Under the engine area. Then noticed a 12mm gap between the bed and the bottom of the hull.
Now it was time to go full on.
Out came the whole bed. Under the bed was a shock. It seemed as though they had tried to fill the gap with resin. Although they didnt manage it.
I started grinding, then digging out the excess resin. Up to 15mm thick in places.
Then prepping the sides and bulkhead, removing all the excess resin.
Same in the back end under the tray.
Also cut out the foothold buckets and the same treatment there.
Out with all the tubes.
Repaired all the holes for the scupper exhaust and drains.
Next up, glass reinforcement on the now very thin hull bottom.
New thread inserts and repairs to the motor mounts. Motor mounts reset and aligned to pump and bulkhead. Bulkead.
Entire ski reinforced with carbon kevlar. Bulkhead aligned with pump.
New tubes fitted all round. All sealed up with sikaflex. Water leak tested. Drains fitted and tray filled with non absorbing foam.
Tray and foothold buckets refitted. And reinforced.
