Circled SMEDLEY for a while and decided to work on the fiberglass damage. There are a couple of punctures below the water line that got sanded and taped, a few holes on deck got filled and the giant holes in the transom were plugged.
Overview.
Filled this small hole with TotalBoat THIXO.
Gathered materials for the hull repair, 4 oz fiberglass cloth and TotalBoat THIXO Low Viscosity to wet out the cloth, scissors and some string.
Here's the plan for the bigger deck hole, make a backer patch to hold thickened epoxy.
We cut a piece of cardboard to act as a backer patch for the fiberglass repair. We wet it out with TotalBoat THIXO and it is held in place with string until it bonds inside the hull.
Then we prepped the transom holes for a similar repair.
Inserted backer patch and filled void with TotalBoat THIXO (Thickened Epoxy).
Covered the THIXO with painters plastic to help flatten the THIXO and keep outer cardboard from sticking.
Placed a piece of cardboard over the plastic and THIXO to flatten out the repair, secured string.
Taped the cardboard down to hold it flat and flatten out the THIXO, that should make it smoother to fair.
We will also inject some THIXO into these areas.
While we were poking around we found the vent hole for the hull, it allows air pressure to equalize so seams don't pop on a warm day.
Log of SMEDLEY.
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