Aquarius Sail Owners

I was going to spray the boat with the beams on but ended up taking them off. There was a small crack under one of the front one that I kept pretending I didn't see. I was nervous that the bolts wouldn't come out right or worse that I would find some major issue under them. Fortunately everything wa...

Thanks, it's been a lot of work crammed in a short period of time. I'm painting it fire red, it will be a good bit brighter than the red it is now. I'm using a two part polyurethane paint called Gulf States, it's just like DuPont's Imron just cheaper. I hope to have it sprayed this weekend. I'm read...

After lots of sanding I'm pretty happy with how the repairs have turned out. I started fairing with 60 grit and an air orbital sander until I got things smooth and fairly even. I then went down to 120 with an electric palm sander until things were nice looking. Finally I took a long flat flexible ha...

I got it Kevin. I put some glass under the rim but will put some more tomorrow.

I also had one of the deck lids that runs from the front access port almost to the rear beam that was coming loose near the port. I chose not to take the whole lid off instead I thickened some epoxy and pryed the lid up as best as I could and forced some in between the lid and hull. I then used a cl...

Got the new bulkheads and lids in from Aquarius yesterday and installed today. Really nice and Tom got them out to me quick, THANKS! I sanded the inside of the hull with 80 grit to get a good surface to bond to, did the same to the edges of the new composite bulkheads. The tangs use 3 bolts to faste...

Went back this morning to sand down the bondo I put on yesterday. I think it turned out pretty well. Also faired in a spot where a lawn mower threw a rock at the boat. http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x377/Lakewateree/04b2fa7c.jpg http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x377/Lakewateree/130c94c3.jpg ...

Unfortunately I found a small area of delamination on one of the hulls today as well. There was a small wrinkle in the hull, it felt strong when I knocked on it with my knuckle. I got out the sander and removed the top coat to see what was going on in there and then I could feel the soft spot. It's ...

Got the back side of the stern damage reinforced the other day, seems to be quite strong. I masked the outside of the hull with wax paper to keep things as neat as possile. I put a good bit of fiberglass matting in there for strength. I came back today and did some grinding with a Dremel tool around...

Just picked the new to me 20 up today so thought I'd start a new thread to chronicle the repairs. What I know i have to do so far. Fix the bow tangs, they were both loose. Fix damage on the stern where a limb fell on it before I got the boat. Reattach deck lids that have come loose near the daggerbo...

I'm bringing it to my shop in the morning and getting to work on immediately! It's got lots of nice parts, pretty new tramp, self tacker, sails with less than a season on them including a spin, tall rig with the double diamond wires... Hopefully I'll be able to post some progress soon

Mac

Ok got some pictures yesterday. The first picture shows where the deck lid is separating from the hull and you can see a 'wrinkle' below that. I felt inside of the hull beside the wrinkle and couldn't feel any damage, the same around where the lid is coming up. I've got the same thing happening on t...

I'm going to take a closer looks at it this evening and will take photos. I do have most if not all the tools and plenty of room to do the work both in and outdoors. I do industrial sandblasting and painting for a living so have the painting part covered. I agree on spending a little more to avoid t...

Hi all, Ive been trying to find a SC 20 for a little while now with not much luck. I recently came across one that was under 2 hrs away. I went to look at it and was disappointed to find that the hulls were in poor shape. The bow tangs were loose, I knew about this, the deck plates around the access...

Well the boat turned out to be much more of a project than I was lead to believe. A tree limb had fallen on one stern crunching some glass, the decks around the daggerboard trunk were separating, in addition to the bridle tangs. I guess I'll keep looking.....