Does anyone remember those old stop smoking commercials with the fake energy drink Splode? It's the one where people bungee jump from a bridge and grab a can from the ground, then the third guy explodes. This reminds me of that for some reason. Like it could be in a second version.
It's nothing structural. If the foam is dry, just fill and smooth it with some good epoxy. When it hardens, sand it smooth and paint white.
If the foam is wet, it will start causing any wood to rot. You can either ignore it until you have to fix it or cut it open now to investigate.
Csm = Chopped Strand Mat
PB = penut butter. Slang for thickened resin. You use cabosil to thicken the resin to the consistency of penut butter to fill small voids and attach wood to hull.
So your keel piece will be covered with purty, pressed onto the keel, screwed on, oozed out pb smoothed...
That's a really bad spot. The foam under the floor will have soaked up any water that made it through and start rotting all the wood.
The absolute best option there would be to cut out the floor about 6-8 inches from the transom over where the bolts come through. Dig the foam out and add a...
I there's no way to fit into the motor compartment to do it, you'll have to pull the motor. Heat the 5200 up with a heat gun to help remove it, really hot. Then bolt it with silicone under the brace and inside washers.
I've seen platforms installed with like 30 washers stacked on each bolt...
Big upside down areas are some of the worst. Here are some tips.
1. I was taught that the cloth doesn't bons great by itself, and it should have csm underneath. Preferably 2 layers of mat to 1 cloth.
2. Don't saturate the glass so much. Use about 3/4 as much resin as you would if you were doing...
Fiberglass is fixed by grinding out the damage and layering new glass over it, then bodyworking and paint. You won't know just how far the damage extends until you start. You'll also need to take the interior apart and check it out from the inside. Do that first.
