beermonsta
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2004
- Messages
- 15
Hi all. I'm in the UK and have been looking at your lovely forum for some time picking up tips. I've just purchased a Picton delta 14ft speed boat for 100 gbp(age as yet unknown) and plan on restoring it to its former glory or hopefully better. The hull is sound.<br /><br />See pictures<br /><br /> http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gory.shaw@btopenworld.com/album?.dir=e250 <br /><br />I've been reading a lot of posts on painting and restoration have found a lot of great advice so thanks to everyone.<br /><br />I've stripped the boad down removed all the trim and have taken up the floor as the ply was rotten. So I've now just got a fibreglass shell.<br /><br />The stringers seem ok from looking at it however do you think its worth drilling into them to see if the wood is rotten and needs rebuilding? There is pictures on the above link.<br /><br />Also I went to a local marina and asked about making some gelcoat repairs and was advised that using a filler (the one I got was a loctite one the name eludes me right now sorry I'm at work) would be fine. Would this suffice for filling some gelcoat chips that have gone down to the fibreglass (the fibreglass is untouched) or would I be better getting proper gelcoat and using that. I will be repainting with awl grip or equivalent paint and the boat wont be in the water more than 12 hours at a time.<br /><br />One more question ,the last one I promise, do you think it is worth putting some polyeurothane foam between the stringers for extra buoyancy there's not a lot of room and I'm not sure if doing this would stop the boat from draining as well once removed from the water?<br /><br />Any advice would be greatly apreciated.<br /><br />Thanks in advance