1967 Tanzer 16
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:22 pm
Hi guys,
Snagged a small piece of plastic classic... A baby blue 1967 Tanzer 16.
The coring in the hull is bad, so today I ground out the 9 foot x 14 inch wide piece of balsa wood that a previous owner had glassed in place on the port side. Don't know what goop was used to bond it to the hull, but it came up without much fuss... the goop on the other hand was still tacky, but didn't smell like polyester or epoxy. Mystery goooo!
Ground out all the tabbing and such, cut out a piece of 3/4 divinycell and started getting geared up to put it back together. I glassed in a piece of 8 inch tabbing to support the centerboard trunk and the keel.
I'm goofing around with a 5 gallon kit of Copoxy, which so far works as can be expected with epoxy goop. The consistency is a touch thicker than west system, but it wets out easier in the cool temperatures we've been having. I am very impressed with how it delt with wet surfaces. I patched a seam in the port side balsa that was cracked late last night on top of mushy wet balsa. Part of the glass was literally wet with water through and through, I tossed a bit of resin on top and was very surprised this morning to find the glass wet out with epoxy.
The patch was just me thinking I'd go ahead and drop her in the water and take her sailing today. But... and there is always a but... since it was blowing the flags straight as a board and white capping the sound I figured I'd start putting her back right today.
I've been goofing around with Pylasteki a few hours a week, but finally decided that I need to get out sailing... and something I can toss in the water for lunch break sure seemed like the way to go. Never thought I'd say it, but any cold weather dinghy sailors have thoughts on wet suits?
Cheers,
Zach
Snagged a small piece of plastic classic... A baby blue 1967 Tanzer 16.
The coring in the hull is bad, so today I ground out the 9 foot x 14 inch wide piece of balsa wood that a previous owner had glassed in place on the port side. Don't know what goop was used to bond it to the hull, but it came up without much fuss... the goop on the other hand was still tacky, but didn't smell like polyester or epoxy. Mystery goooo!
Ground out all the tabbing and such, cut out a piece of 3/4 divinycell and started getting geared up to put it back together. I glassed in a piece of 8 inch tabbing to support the centerboard trunk and the keel.
I'm goofing around with a 5 gallon kit of Copoxy, which so far works as can be expected with epoxy goop. The consistency is a touch thicker than west system, but it wets out easier in the cool temperatures we've been having. I am very impressed with how it delt with wet surfaces. I patched a seam in the port side balsa that was cracked late last night on top of mushy wet balsa. Part of the glass was literally wet with water through and through, I tossed a bit of resin on top and was very surprised this morning to find the glass wet out with epoxy.
The patch was just me thinking I'd go ahead and drop her in the water and take her sailing today. But... and there is always a but... since it was blowing the flags straight as a board and white capping the sound I figured I'd start putting her back right today.
I've been goofing around with Pylasteki a few hours a week, but finally decided that I need to get out sailing... and something I can toss in the water for lunch break sure seemed like the way to go. Never thought I'd say it, but any cold weather dinghy sailors have thoughts on wet suits?
Cheers,
Zach