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Re: Broke my chesapeake 1

Posted by John in Dallas on Jun 17, 2004

I'm surprised the rear deck broke, because the rear bulkhead, the cockpit coaming and the slight curve of the rear deck should have provided plenty of strength. Anyway,....

If the outside fiberlass is still intact, I would run fiberglass tape or bias-cut 6 oz. cloth along the crack on the inside. Sand the area inside, roll up the fiberglass tape, wet it out with epoxy in a cup, then unroll it along the crack.

If the outside fiberglass is broken or severly whitened, my preference would be sand it down and feather in a fiberglass patch. Maybe do the inside too.

Can you post a photo so we can see the damage?

John

In Response to: Broke my chesapeake 17!!! by Mike W on Jun 17, 2004

Replies:

In The Meantime... by Kurt Maurer on Jun 17, 2004
- similarly speaking by LeeG on Jun 17, 2004
  - Re: similarly speaking by LeeG on Jun 17, 2004
- Re: In The Meantime... by Mike W on Jun 30, 2004
not broke? by LeeG on Jun 17, 2004
- Re: not broke? by Terry Mcadams on Jun 17, 2004
  - Re: not broke? by Jay E. Morris on Jun 17, 2004
    - Re: not broke? by Terry Mcadams on Jun 17, 2004
    - Re: not broke? by Mike W on Jun 30, 2004
  - aft hatch stiffeners not by LeeG on Jun 17, 2004
    - add them to flush hatch? by Dennis Rioux on Jun 17, 2004
      - Re: add them to flush hat by LeeG on Jun 17, 2004
        
        Re: add them to flush hat by Dennis Rioux on Jun 18, 2004
        
        Re: add them to flush hat by Mike W on Jun 30, 2004
    - Re: aft hatch stiffeners by Mike W on Jun 30, 2004
  - Re: not broke? by Mike W on Jun 30, 2004
- Re: not broke? by Allan Reade on Jun 17, 2004
  - Re: not broke? by Terry Mcadams on Jun 17, 2004
  - Re: not broke? by LeeG on Jun 17, 2004
  - Re: not broke? by Allan Reade on Jun 18, 2004
- Re: not broke? by Mike W on Jun 30, 2004
  - Re: not broke? by LeeG on Jun 30, 2004
    - Re: not broke? by Mike W on Jul 5, 2004
      - that's broke! by LeeG on Jul 6, 2004
        
        Re: that's broke! by Mike W on Jul 6, 2004
Re: Broke my chesapeake 1 by Mike W on Jun 30, 2004
- Re: Broke my chesapeake 1 by Jay E. Morris on Jun 30, 2004