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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-04-2011, 08:58
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

Thanks very much----muchly appreciated.Getting worried about where to go this hurricane season.Caribbean Yards are getting more expensive than the US East Coast---everyone climbing onto the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-04-2011, 08:31
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

No,you are confusing the last letter from the start of the thread who was someone asking about a Contessa.What are you on?
I have a Formosa 63,not a Contessa,and she has a foam core and am looking...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 15-04-2011, 15:36
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

Sorry guys and gals,still on this Osmosis problem with our Formosa 63 ketch.Prices for fixing the blisters and for standing while she dries vary hugely in the Caribbean.Does anyone know of a small...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 08-04-2011, 13:36
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

Continuing this thread----has anyone had any experience of having work done in Venezuela?I was thinking of getting down there (where?) and having the Osmosis looked at."Expert opinion now indicates...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 16:01
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

I guess they weep back out the same way the water went in----through the glass lay-up.
I would also suspect that these early boats have open-cell foam?
As I see it the gelcoat is the supposedly...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 15:55
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Smile Re: Hull Osmosis

Thanks my friend,
Well said.She is a good old girl and has a couple or three hundred thousand under her keel and was built really strong by Formosa in the days when they had no idea just how strong...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 15:27
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

Possibly you are----the previous post said that if she had not sunk after 20 years (of blisters) she was unlikely to do so now.........I have never said that the boat has had blisters for 20 years...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 14:50
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

The state of the hull seriously affects the value of the asset and a boat,of any type,with a rotten core,is worth only the sum of its parts.Osmosis can also weaken the hull if allowed to leach....
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 12:03
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Re: Hull Osmosis

Well,the reason that the sanding was done was to take all of the old antifouling off of the hull and start afresh as layers had built up over the years and it was so thick that it "moved" when lift...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 10:54
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Smile Re: Hull Osmosis

Thanks Illusion,
Will give them a try---much appreciated.
Magnificent day in Virgin Gorda,calm as can be and crystal clear water.
Enjoying,
Cheers,
WGDM
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 10:23
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Unhappy Re: Hull Osmosis

Thanks very much for your reply----much appreciated.
We are usually located in the BVI,but I have been having my work done much further South.
My take is that the blisters are too many to be...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2011, 08:35
Replies: 38
Views: 13,477
Posted By WGDM
Angry Re: Hull Osmosis

We have a Formosa 63 pilothouse ketch with centreboard and live and work in the Caribbean.The hull is the well-known foam fill from the late 89`s type lay-up.
She is a good,strong,heavy boat.
The...
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