Finally, she is here.

[peterjaw]

After a long waiting, my Quicksilver 855 is finally delivered. She is now sittling quitely in the marina.
Unfortunately, a typhoone is approaching so I decide to keep her untouched for a couple more days.
The dealer still has some job to complete before handing over to me.

I spent a couple of hours in the marina and checked other boats, most of them loose the shining surface.
I guess the gelcoat is damaged or fade away. I wonder what is the best way to keep the gelcoat as long as possible
, especially at the initial stage? Somebody say I have to wax-n-rewax while someother say I can use sealant.
What are your suggestions?

I will come back to post more pictures after she is ready.

 

[Bouba]

Typhoon? Sounds like a typical boat dealer excuse

 

[BruceK]

congratulations on finally getting your boat. :encouragement:
I use felden marine gelcoat sealer which supposedly has good UV protection. Whether this is the best for you going forward or not I dont know. I got pleasing results using it to put a shine back on my old boat.

 

[EmptyPontoon]

Great stuff. Fingers crossed for a quick change to good weather and lots of safe happy boating.

 

[Nigelpickin]

Congratulations!

 

[Marine Reflections]

After a long waiting, my Quicksilver 855 is finally delivered. She is now sittling quitely in the marina.
Unfortunately, a typhoone is approaching so I decide to keep her untouched for a couple more days.
The dealer still has some job to complete before handing over to me.

I spent a couple of hours in the marina and checked other boats, most of them loose the shining surface.
I guess the gelcoat is damaged or fade away. I wonder what is the best way to keep the gelcoat as long as possible
, especially at the initial stage? Somebody say I have to wax-n-rewax while someother say I can use sealant.
What are your suggestions?

I will come back to post more pictures after she is ready.

Congratulations!

You are entering a constantly changing river of science when it comes to fully understanding what's happening to surfaces and efforts to achieve / maintain the holy grain of condition.
The BEST way to protect the gelcoat and UV degredation in general is with a cover, just how practical that would be for you; is for you to decide. If it were my boat it would have an all over custom cover made and I'd welcome the faff of taking it on and off for the protection it would provide.

Regarding what products to use: many will work and will work well, you'll get some good suggestions on here as to what others are using.
Some are heavy in UV protection, where others will create a beading (non stick) surface that makes washing and drying easier. A combination of both those qualities would be ideal, but I'm afraid there is much more to it.

Cleaning safely is very much related to gelcoat durability and perhaps is not something an owner thinks about until a few years of battle.

All the protection products are not going to help unless you know how to wash down the boat without causing damage, so familiarise yourself with how to remove dirt and not simply grinding it across the gelcoat with a brush.
Condition and surface interaction are key to making the wash go smoothly.

I could drop some brand names, but understanding what your efforts will do to the surfaces during regular maintenance will yeild more.

Tony

 

[squadron]

Hi petejaw, that looks like Yilan near the museum ? I've Been in Taipei 8.5 years looked at getting something similar but my icc is no good in Taiwan and my reading and writing ( in Chinese) is useless so didn't Persue it . Anyway congrats on your new purchase I will look out for her , shouldn't be too difficult as there really aren't many private boats around .

 

[Whippersnapper]

Congrats Petejaw, an exciting time for you

 

[peterjaw]

Hi petejaw, that looks like Yilan near the museum ? I've Been in Taipei 8.5 years looked at getting something similar but my icc is no good in Taiwan and my reading and writing ( in Chinese) is useless so didn't Persue it . Anyway congrats on your new purchase I will look out for her , shouldn't be too difficult as there really aren't many private boats around .

Hi Squadron,
You are exactly correct, my boat is in Yilan. You are very good at memorising something.
When will you come back to Taiwan? If you do, please feel free to let me know, I will be
happy to meet you.

 

[peterjaw]

Hi all,
Thank you very much for all your inputs to me. I have put all of them in
my mind.

This is my first boat and I am not familier to the boating so there must
be a huge unknown territory for me to explore.

 

[peterjaw]

Congratulations!

You are entering a constantly changing river of science when it comes to fully understanding what's happening to surfaces and efforts to achieve / maintain the holy grain of condition.
The BEST way to protect the gelcoat and UV degredation in general is with a cover, just how practical that would be for you; is for you to decide. If it were my boat it would have an all over custom cover made and I'd welcome the faff of taking it on and off for the protection it would provide.

Regarding what products to use: many will work and will work well, you'll get some good suggestions on here as to what others are using.
Some are heavy in UV protection, where others will create a beading (non stick) surface that makes washing and drying easier. A combination of both those qualities would be ideal, but I'm afraid there is much more to it.

Cleaning safely is very much related to gelcoat durability and perhaps is not something an owner thinks about until a few years of battle.

All the protection products are not going to help unless you know how to wash down the boat without causing damage, so familiarise yourself with how to remove dirt and not simply grinding it across the gelcoat with a brush.
Condition and surface interaction are key to making the wash go smoothly.

I could drop some brand names, but understanding what your efforts will do to the surfaces during regular maintenance will yeild more.

Tony

Hi Marine Reflector,
Your suggestion about full cover on the boat is interesting. I don't know if the local
canvas shop is able to make such a custom-made cover. My boat is 8.9 meter long, 2.99 meter wide, do you have any picture that shows me some hints about how to make the
canvas cover?

 

[peterjaw]

Typhoon? Sounds like a typical boat dealer excuse

Hi Bouba,
Life is full of surprises. My first lesson of boating is "how to survive in typhoon" and I
know it is a nightmare to each boat owner. Thanks God for giving me the toughest class
as lesson one (1).
I just finished the first home work.




Hope that will work.

 

[Marine Reflections]

Hi Marine Reflector,
Your suggestion about full cover on the boat is interesting. I don't know if the local
canvas shop is able to make such a custom-made cover. My boat is 8.9 meter long, 2.99 meter wide, do you have any picture that shows me some hints about how to make the
canvas cover?

Certainly no harm in asking your trim shop, It might not be even possible or practical.

 

[squadron]

Hi Squadron,
You are exactly correct, my boat is in Yilan. You are very good at memorising something.
When will you come back to Taiwan? If you do, please feel free to let me know, I will be
happy to meet you.

 

[squadron]

Hi petejaw , I live in Taipei , I was at that marina about two months ago , well actually had a fake Starbucks coffee by the whale watching boats . Hope she is ok tonight , the typhoon is a bit of a dud so far , let's hope it stays that way .

 

[Bouba]

Hi Bouba,
Life is full of surprises. My first lesson of boating is "how to survive in typhoon" and I
know it is a nightmare to each boat owner. Thanks God for giving me the toughest class
as lesson one (1).
I just finished the first home work.
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Hope that will work.

All the 855 owners here would be out fishing in a typhoon
You did well and luckily she wasn’t in the water and you had a big crane to tie her to. What name are you calling her?

 

[peterjaw]

Hi petejaw , I live in Taipei , I was at that marina about two months ago , well actually had a fake Starbucks coffee by the whale watching boats . Hope she is ok tonight , the typhoon is a bit of a dud so far , let's hope it stays that way .

What a surprise! You live in Taipei!

If you don't mind, I will invite you to my boat when she is ready to go.

 

[peterjaw]

All the 855 owners here would be out fishing in a typhoon
You did well and luckily she wasn’t in the water and you had a big crane to tie her to. What name are you calling her?

Hi Bouba,
Her name is very simple --- "Happy Peter". I guess the name says everything.

 

[squadron]

Thanks Peter, by the way how much does that marina charge you for mooring fees ?

 

[Bouba]

Hi Bouba,
Her name is very simple --- "Happy Peter". I guess the name says everything.

I like it! Great name