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1963 Nauset 16
IamSparticus	#1  Posted on 07/31/21 - 2:00 PM
Member Posts: 5 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/31/21	Hi all! To make a long story short I bought a boat, lol. My uncle sold me a boat that I used to go out on as a teenager. The boat has been barn kept since the 80's until my cousin was going to do something with it 8 years ago but didn't, he only cleaned it off and took it out a few times. So back to the barn it went. I want to bring her back to life (I hope). It has extensive gel cracking on the inside. I can only find info on doing small sections and mix matched info on which resin and or epoxy. I did find that my Whaler is made with a polyester resin and should be used also to make repairs. Am I correct? I will attach pics to show the extensive gel crazing/cracking. Can someone please point me in the right direction on how to repair this? Also the title says it's a 1966 but after research and finding the stencil number 31525 I found that the boat is actually a 1963. Trying to add pics, stay tuned. I can only add 1 pic? Any way that cracking is happening all over the whole inside of the boat. IamSparticus attached the following image: [71.65Kb] Edited by IamSparticus on 07/31/21 - 3:03 PM
acassidy	#2  Posted on 07/31/21 - 8:28 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 268 Comments: 1 Joined: 11/21/05	Yes it was made with polyester resin and I would recommend thicken poly resin to fill the cracks after opening them up with a dremel and the filling them. Unless you plan on painting the boat, I would not use epoxy resin since gelcoat does no stick to epoxy resin.
IamSparticus	#3  Posted on 08/01/21 - 2:59 AM
Member Posts: 5 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/31/21	Yes, I am going to paint the entire boat inside and out. It will be impossible for me to Dremel thousands of cracks. Can I grind/sand the old gel coat on the inside and re-gel coat it? I will Dremel all the lager cracks. Looks like someone dropped something on the deck. I will have to grind and patch that area. IamSparticus attached the following image: [47.46Kb] Edited by IamSparticus on 08/01/21 - 3:01 AM
IamSparticus	#4  Posted on 08/01/21 - 3:29 AM
Member Posts: 5 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/31/21	Here is a different pic IamSparticus attached the following image: [93.73Kb]
mtown	#5  Posted on 08/03/21 - 1:58 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 609 Comments: 5 Joined: 07/06/08	I attempted to send you an e-mail. Mine is available on this site. I am also in MD.