Save-A-Boat - The Forum for Plastic Classic Rebuilds!

If this week's Daysailor updates have left you unsatisfied (but how could they), then feel free to spend a few moments browsing my newest site, which will, over time, document the process of rebuilding Seabreeze #16:

www.alliedseabreeze.com

Awesome Tim!! Not that I would have expected any different. The time you have spent with Glissando and your countless other successful projects have prepared you well for both the project and the documentary website. All of us mere mortals are truly thankful for what you do.

I have a theory that much of the laminate in the Allied was protected by sacrificial ablation during the fire. In the early space program, the capsule entry ends were coated with an ablative plastic that vaporized from the heat of reentry. The vaporization process itself, absorbs much heat (like the extra energy required to remove latent heat when water is condensed in your air conditioner) during the process. Thus, the fire is consuming the vapor above the surface and the surface itself is being cooled by the fire's vaporization of the plastic on the surface.

Anyway, the short story is that I believe you will be pleasantly surprised by the integrity of the hull after you remove the surface junk. The side deck recoring can't be much different than all you have done before.

Wishig you Godspeed and success on the new project.

That's a really interesting concept, and the physical condition of the boat seems to definitely support the theory.

At some point, I'll take a few core samples for analysis, just to be sure.

Tim,

The new website looks great. Good luck with this new project!

Lyman