Bit of mastic and a polish?

[john_morris_uk]

I was over in the yard at Le Marin, Martinique when I spotted this.


View of starboard hull from underneath. Bad but not as bad as some I’ve seen.



Here’s the port side’s rudder.



However here’s starboard hull from another angle:



I wonder what the insides like. How did it stay afloat?

It’s a newish Lagoon 560. That’s a BIG insurance claim….

 

[KevinV]

How did it stay afloat?

Stuck on the reef it thought it could sail over?

 

[Deleted member 478]

Possibly hurricane damage with a shoddy, quick repair, just to get her floating again?

 

[john_morris_uk]

It WAS a £1mill catamaran….

 

[Yngmar]

It's fine, it's only a charter boat. Stuff in some old newspapers, slap a layer or two of fibreglass over that, paint with antifoul. Won't have to last long, the next customer will put it on the reef again anyways. When it exits the charter business, some poor bastard who bought it without a thorough survey can then fix it properly and make a youtube channel to finance it!

 

[Minerva]

It's a Lagoon; If the bottom didn't fall off the main bulkhead would crack and fold in half instead!

 

[mjcoon]

It's fine, it's only a charter boat. Stuff in some old newspapers, slap a layer or two of fibreglass over that, paint with antifoul. Won't have to last long, the next customer will put it on the reef again anyways. When it exits the charter business, some poor bastard who bought it without a thorough survey can then fix it properly and make a youtube channel to finance it!

Reminds me of a car repair I heard of. Botcher could not bother to get proper filler and just used a bit of mud. After being damp for a while the plant seeds embedded in it germinated and burst through. Not as picturesque as in the days of "a tiger in your tank" when minis were given tiger fur finish...

 

[Frogmogman]

Reminds me of a car repair I heard of. Botcher could not bother to get proper filler and just used a bit of mud. After being damp for a while the plant seeds embedded in it germinated and burst through. Not as picturesque as in the days of "a tiger in your tank" when minis were given tiger fur finish...

That happened in an episode of Minder

 

[Fr J Hackett]

My ex BiL a bit of a rogue who had a body repair and paint shop did the occasional cheap job on bangers which rather than replace a body panel he would lay a sheet of newspaper down then carefully smooth a thin layer of body filler on it and lay it up on the rotten panel like hanging wallpaper. It hardly needed rubbing down a quick flash over with primer filler then a couple of coats and it was as good as ...........

 

[mjcoon]

My ex BiL a bit of a rogue who had a body repair and paint shop did the occasional cheap job on bangers which rather than replace a body panel he would lay a sheet of newspaper down then carefully smooth a thin layer of body filler on it and lay it up on the rotten panel like hanging wallpaper. It hardly needed rubbing down a quick flash over with primer filler then a couple of coats and it was as good as ...........

The phrase "crumple zone" is easy to misinterpret... ;-)

 

[capnsensible]

This one needs a bit of help too.

 

[capnsensible]

 

[mjcoon]

This one needs a bit of help too.

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If those yacht-hating orcas ever get teeth like Jaws...

 

[Blueboatman]

A large hammer and a pair of ear muffs …

 

[AntarcticPilot]

A large hammer and a pair of ear muffs …

Nah, a tap with a hammer in the right place and it'll all pop out!

 

[davethedog]

I was there in le Marin when it was recovered and the story goes it hit a reef when under autopilot. Insurance write off I heard.

 

[mjcoon]

I was there in le Marin when it was recovered and the story goes it hit a reef when under autopilot. Insurance write off I heard.

Ah, those predatory reefs which subvert autopilots to bring in their prey... Just wait for real AI!