Gludy
Active member
These are some shots of some of the current work on Ocean Deep.
They originallt wanted to do this work in the water but after an examination by Andy Ball they thought better of it and started it out of the water.
To me, this seems a lot of work for what they are calling monot cracks - mind you the chap doing the glass work who really know his stuff and is a superb workman called them fractures.
The starboard side had these cracks - none on the port side but they have also worked on the port side.
They say its a seam that had a pre-gel filler in it. They worked back inside the fibreglass removing glass then worked out again in glass.
Is this normal?
I cannot see how the original filler could have been structural - you can see the pale line behind the glass where they have removed the filler. Below is am internal shot as well.
Whilst I will never use the boat again I still have to make sure all is OK as long as she remains my property. So I seek opinions on the work being done to cure some gel coat cracks.
They originallt wanted to do this work in the water but after an examination by Andy Ball they thought better of it and started it out of the water.
To me, this seems a lot of work for what they are calling monot cracks - mind you the chap doing the glass work who really know his stuff and is a superb workman called them fractures.
The starboard side had these cracks - none on the port side but they have also worked on the port side.
They say its a seam that had a pre-gel filler in it. They worked back inside the fibreglass removing glass then worked out again in glass.
Is this normal?
I cannot see how the original filler could have been structural - you can see the pale line behind the glass where they have removed the filler. Below is am internal shot as well.




Whilst I will never use the boat again I still have to make sure all is OK as long as she remains my property. So I seek opinions on the work being done to cure some gel coat cracks.