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Old 11-06-2015, 11:34   #1
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Location: Rio Dulce, Guatemala.
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Bow GRP repair after hitting a rock island

Sailing from Cuba to Florida we hit a rock island on Cay Sal Bank, just south of Elbow Island.

Windpilot was on, we are a couple and we're very tired felt a sleep and didn't wake with the timer for route check. Wind changed a little and course taking us to the rocks we should have crossed north.

Thing is Trintellas are more solid than rock, so we are fine, reached Ft Lauderdale after sailing through Bimini, boat does not make water and we were lucky damage was above the water line.

Now I want to fix it before sailing north to Boston. Have been looking for info to make sure I do it right. I will remove all loose fiberglass and redo layers to recover/ remake the area damaged.

Any tips, tutorials, sugestión on material to use are useful and will be highly appreciated.

Bellow some pics.

Best,

Gus
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