Hatch core repair

[THEFERMANATOR]

Well I went out today and put my 2 layers of cloth over the wood and lettin it set up. Tommorrow I'll go and cut the access holes and put some resin on the exposed wood, and then 5200 my access plates in.

[macojoe]

Looks like a pro did it The rest is easy!!

[THEFERMANATOR]

I hope she holds up for awhile. I know it is pretty sturdy. I flipped it over and bounced on it and it didn't move ANY. I learned more about fiberglass work than I EVER wanted to know.

[nymack66]

Wondering if you turn pro what you can do? Maybe a TV show? Hey you never know :) !!

[macojoe]

It will last for as long as you will ever need!! The big problem with most boats Wellcraft included is the scrap wood they used in squares to make the covers. The 1 Solid will last a long time!

[Stillrunning]

Looks really good. The only thing that you could have done differently was to put a 45 cut along the edge of the plywood. This makes the transition from the wood to the decking easier when working the fiberglass.

[THEFERMANATOR]

I didn't put a 45 on it, but I did bevel it down quite a bit. It just doesn't look it because of how thick i made the glass in that area since the wood doesn't go all the way out.

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by macojoe

It will last for as long as you will ever need!! The big problem with most boats Wellcraft included is the scrap wood they used in squares to make the covers. The 1 Solid will last a long time!

I use to think the same thing but they use those little squares throughout the entire boat except for the transom. Not sure why and no one has every been able to tell me why. If it was scrap wood its seem that the time to place each piece and then cut them to fit would take more time then the money they saved.

[Blue_Runner]

They did that so we would have to buy another boat 10 - 20 years later. They didn't think we'd be smart enough to fix it!

[Franco]

Originally Posted by macojoe

It will last for as long as you will ever need!! The big problem with most boats Wellcraft included is the scrap wood they used in squares to make the covers. The 1 Solid will last a long time!

Wellcraft did that by design, it's not scrap wood. My brother worked for Wellcraft when they were making the V20's, he told me that the deck has a slight curve to it and the squares were able to take that shape better than 1 solid piece of plywood. When me, Willy and Oz went to the pursuit factory we saw a lot of the balsa core material was blocks on a backing type material.