Amen. It’s really big guess I can stop my dieting now and gain till I hit 300 # it’s cavernous.
Enjoying to see it back together bit at a time and something cheap to try my skills. Hull is all reinforced on interior now just need to patch it on the exterior bottom of hull in two places ! Also side of hull need patched. 1633357954015964514160781787653|666x500
I think when tying down. I’ve see tire wrap jobs it would have been worse more than likey. Folded my friends bow down to totally destroy it. He saw it loose then turned right and ran over the strap.
Mostly sanded PITA bits to sand now. Few more areas to patch on the inside. Then I’ll be patching the exterior of the hull and get ready for priming and painting. Hopefully primed before winter.
At least bottom is one color now Interlux Primekote. Tomorrow the deck. Then sand add another coat of Primekote, sand then paint. No color picked yet. White hull Matterhorn White. Deck no clue yet maybe red as it was originally and I don’t have a red kayak yet.
Yes I’ll get them from CD. I’d try wet sanding yours first. This was banged and cracked a lot. You’d be stunned how well gelcoat can come back. Dump those sliders.
Was beat in so bad I had to cut it below he seam to get it back in position. Then reshape it, reinforce it, get back original 3/4" flat below the seam before it starts to radius on the hull. Grind out all the bondo guy put on the hull.
They may have original style. Ask for Susan in parts.
Take a close picture of your hull. Wet sanding is easy it’s so fine hard to damage anything get a sheet of 2000 or 1500. Spray bottle with water and three drops of Dawn soap. Spray as you rub. If it’s really bad best to de-rig the deck lines even if just buffing it. Then drop new deck lines on it if they are original if needed.
Glass work today. Got my head and one arm in the back hatch. Felt like I was almost stuck for a moment. Figured if I got it I could get out, I hoped. Front hatch was feel, look, feel, and look again. Cockpit was easy tons of room. All work on the deck. Finale coat of primer on deck next.
One layer of mat stiffens the whole deck and thin bow and stern deck areas. You could see where hull was hit and stresses were present. Deck with compass cut out was bit flexible. First picture was stern seen of the deck starting at toggle lift point.
