The Bottom Job

The peeling of the bottom to remove the two layers of gelcoat. Lowe Key had blistering in those layers which is why the bottom was peeled.



These are some of the voids usually found in hard radius of the glass layup. This is in the bow. The white line is the gelcoat.


The boat is laid up in three pieces then joined.


Starting the peeling of the boat.


After the gelcoat is peeled the glass is sanded to get a smooth surface


The actual peeling


A close up of the tool.


This shot shows the water spray used to cool the bit.


This is some of the trash found in the layup. This is a piece of teak about two inches long and a half inch wide.


These are some of the localized voids found in various areas of the hull


This is a closeup of those voids.


These are more of the voids where the layup was resin starved.


This is a close up of the resin starved area.


Applying extra glass where the joint of the three mold pieces join.


The joint at the rudder with new glass

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