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Posted: Jul 12th, '06, 15:56
A customers older Viking SF got damaged during Jean and Francis.
Left it in the water, piling got one side and the boat in the slip next door punched a hole in the stb side.
Got the insurance out the way and hired a fiberglass/painter to repair hull damage. The stretched a 3 week job into 7 months.
Looked pretty good when done.
Left it again in the water during Wilma and had some deck/cap damage.
Had it repaired, okay.
Well thru some kind of bizzare mixup at his marina, it was being towed out of its slip when the marina utility boat lost it in the wind and it turned around and the stb mid side ended up crashing into the outboards on the towing boat punching a section 4' long a couple of inches below cap in.
I went to look at it and everyone was shaking their head as the "hit" was not that hard and the corresponding scratches on the hull sides were lite.
After examining it it was clear the fiberglass guy never bonded the original hull repair up to the deck cap.
Just used bondo to fill and fare then painted it leaving no strength.
He had gotten roughly 50k for the original repairs and short cutted it.
If you are having glass work done and the repair guy is slinging bondo like the Kennedy's sling ice cubes, hit the brakes. Its a sure sign of inferior work.
Left it in the water, piling got one side and the boat in the slip next door punched a hole in the stb side.
Got the insurance out the way and hired a fiberglass/painter to repair hull damage. The stretched a 3 week job into 7 months.
Looked pretty good when done.
Left it again in the water during Wilma and had some deck/cap damage.
Had it repaired, okay.
Well thru some kind of bizzare mixup at his marina, it was being towed out of its slip when the marina utility boat lost it in the wind and it turned around and the stb mid side ended up crashing into the outboards on the towing boat punching a section 4' long a couple of inches below cap in.
I went to look at it and everyone was shaking their head as the "hit" was not that hard and the corresponding scratches on the hull sides were lite.
After examining it it was clear the fiberglass guy never bonded the original hull repair up to the deck cap.
Just used bondo to fill and fare then painted it leaving no strength.
He had gotten roughly 50k for the original repairs and short cutted it.
If you are having glass work done and the repair guy is slinging bondo like the Kennedy's sling ice cubes, hit the brakes. Its a sure sign of inferior work.