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06-03-2013, 15:07
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#391
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
Boat: Nauticat
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Couple more shots of some glass work on a Wetsnail were refitting. Not finished sanding for prep.
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06-03-2013, 15:08
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#392
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
Boat: Nauticat
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
These small repairs are all ground and glassed as I described.
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06-03-2013, 15:09
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#393
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Simple.
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06-03-2013, 15:11
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#394
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
But then there's not so simple.
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06-03-2013, 15:11
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Primer.
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06-03-2013, 15:13
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
We'll be laying new diamond pattern skid here.
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06-03-2013, 16:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Hobart Australia
Boat: Catalina Morgan 45
Posts: 350
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
This thread is educational. It demonstrates I don't know what I don't know.
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06-03-2013, 18:58
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Quote:
Originally Posted by s/v Jedi
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That's a pretty bad test, but it does demonstrate failure after only three days. Leave it in the sun and rain for a year and then see how it looks. For me epoxy=paint. Seen too many failures, including cases where people thought all was well and were quite happy with the finish till it started flaking off a year later. Never again.
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06-03-2013, 22:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: South Turkey
Boat: Nauticat 52, 1981
Posts: 4
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Hi Minaret!
I'm a Nauticat 52 owner (1981/1). I wanted to say that I'm following your thread with great interrest and wanted to thank you for the effort to shoot and share all those pictures. Keep posting please...
Best regards...
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07-03-2013, 05:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Land of Disenchantment
Boat: Bristol 47.7
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
All very informative, Minaret, lots of questions answered, esp. with the helpful photos. The hard part will begin as soon as I get back to the boat!
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07-03-2013, 07:23
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Keyf
Hi Minaret!
I'm a Nauticat 52 owner (1981/1). I wanted to say that I'm following your thread with great interrest and wanted to thank you for the effort to shoot and share all those pictures. Keep posting please...
Best regards...
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Hull #1! Very cool. Keep watching, she'll look like a different boat when I'm done. I've got some simple cosmetic changes to make that I think will really affect her looks. Thanks for posting, nice to know other Nauticat owners are watching. Have fun!
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07-03-2013, 07:26
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Resin Head
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Exile
All very informative, Minaret, lots of questions answered, esp. with the helpful photos. The hard part will begin as soon as I get back to the boat!
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Very good. Don't get in over your head! And feel free to post any pics with questions here.
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07-03-2013, 11:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Land of Disenchantment
Boat: Bristol 47.7
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
Quote:
Originally Posted by minaret
Very good. Don't get in over your head! And feel free to post any pics with questions here.
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Ha! I'm pretty sure I've been over my head since 2007 when I bought the boat! My first attempts at deck repair will be with small stuff that can be easily undone if . . . errr . . . I mean when I mess it up! You definitely made me more optimistic that I can avoid an expensive paint job for the decks for awhile, so I thank you for that.
What's next for the mighty N-Cat?!
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07-03-2013, 14:27
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#404
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: White Stone, VA
Boat: Cabo Rico 38 / Bayfield 32
Posts: 624
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Re: Nauticat 52 Refit
@Minaret -- This has been one of the most informative treatises I've read on fixing a boat the *right* way. Many thanks. A real wealth of information here. I've been doing a bit of my own repairs and till now I've stuck with West System as I've held onto the belief it will have better bond strength and therefore make up for a bit of my inexperience. I'm currently laying up a new floor panel for the head. I'm curious now as to what I've been missing with polyester layups. Keep up the flood of education. Good stuff.
-Tom
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07-03-2013, 16:36
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#405
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always in motion is the future
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: in paradise
Boat: Sundeer 64
Posts: 18,864
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltyhog
@Minaret -- This has been one of the most informative treatises I've read on fixing a boat the *right* way. Many thanks. A real wealth of information here. I've been doing a bit of my own repairs and till now I've stuck with West System as I've held onto the belief it will have better bond strength and therefore make up for a bit of my inexperience. I'm currently laying up a new floor panel for the head. I'm curious now as to what I've been missing with polyester layups. Keep up the flood of education. Good stuff.
-Tom
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While I agree with Minaret that some make polyester sound really bad while it isn't, you don't need to start worrying when using epoxy, apart for the extra money spent may be. I like epoxy because it is more natural to a geek like me (cleaner I like to think) but 90% of the projects I do, if not more, would be strong enough in polyester. My boat isn't polyester and thus I like to keep it away. I have polyester resin as part of "CopperClad" anti-fouling and it got blisters so I'm not friends with polyester
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