{"id":9351,"date":"2019-10-09T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T14:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?page_id=9351"},"modified":"2019-10-09T10:49:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T14:49:17","slug":"fiberglass-deck-repairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?page_id=9351","title":{"rendered":"Fiberglass Deck Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry was originally published on my Blog on July 24, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Late May to July 16 \u2013 Fiberglass Repairs<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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Aylings Boatyard, Merrickville<\/p>\n

44\u00b055\u20327\u2033 N 75\u00b050\u20325\u2033 W<\/p>\n

Early last fall Santosha was hauled out & stored for the winter at Aylings Boatyard in Merrickville.<\/p>\n

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Aylings is a working boatyard where they will perform various repairs for you or you can do the work yourself. I was contemplating getting some fiberglass repairs done to parts of the boat\u2019s main deck & to also fix up several nicks & dings that had occurred over the years. Aylings recommended a local fiberglass repair specialist & I contacted him to give me a quote for the work that I wanted completed.<\/p>\n

Jay, \u201cThe Fiberglass Guy\u201d as I came to refer to him by, commenced repair work in late May with a target completion date of the first week of July. Jay was fitting this job into an already very busy schedule so I accepted the fact that work would progress slowly at first until he wrapped up a few other projects with other customers.<\/p>\n

Renovating an older boat is very similar to renovating an older house \u2013 you never really know what you are going to encounter until you get right into it & then there are always a few \u201csurprises\u201d that pop up to greet you.<\/p>\n

In Santosha\u2019s case, the deck repairs turned out to be more complicated than expected because the bottom layer of fiberglass of the deck was very thin.<\/p>\n

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After reviewing repair options with Jay we decided that the best approach was to epoxy 1\/2\u201d thick marine grade plywood over top of the existing deck surface, followed by several layers of fiberglass & then finished with Kiwigrip non-skid deck paint.<\/p>\n

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I am very happy with the end result. The deck surface is very strong & impervious to water.<\/p>\n

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Jay also repaired several spots on the boat where there was cosmetic damage to the fiberglass \u2013 normal wear & tear on an older boat that has had numerous adventures over its life. I must confess that I contributed to several of those nicks & dings!<\/p>\n

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Jay completed his work on July 16 & now it was time for me to clean up the boat prior to launching. And there was a lot of cleaning up to do!<\/p>\n

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Thanks Jay!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry was originally published on my Blog on July 24, 2019 Late May to July 16 \u2013 Fiberglass Repairs Aylings Boatyard, Merrickville 44\u00b055\u20327\u2033 N 75\u00b050\u20325\u2033 W Early last fall Santosha was hauled out & stored for the winter at Aylings Boatyard in Merrickville. Aylings is a working boatyard where they will perform various repairs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8ppZJ-2qP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9352,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9351\/revisions\/9352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}