When I hauled her this week she came out looking awful on the bottom. I am planning on sanding and grinding the bottom this fall and letting her dry out this winter. I am looking for advice or tips on materials to use and process. I feel like I might be looking at grinding alot of bottom off behind the keel. Velocity Girl #278[/B]
From my experience with Rauzer II #448, the only area that showed blisters was where the core was wet underneith. You may have a larger problem than you think. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but these boats tend to develop areas where the balsa core soaks up water from any number of sources. You can grind, sand and patch the blisters this year and find a whole new batch next year. I would suggest going over the area with a good moisture meter to determine the size of the effected area, identify the source of the water intrusion and go from there. There are several posts on repairing wet core on this forum if that is what it comes to. Good Luck, AC
