Hi Mark, my partners and I just had an 81 J30 surveyed yesterday and found it had some water in the core but no delamination. We are going ahead with the deal and plan to start work as soon as we get some warm weather on LI. There was water in the rudder, in the transom at the exhaust and grudgeons, around the knot meter and at the bow pulpit and fore cleat and at the chain plates and bulkhead. Another sore spot was the windows. I am going to make new acrylic windows but which sealant should I use. Also do you just remove the old sealant and push the window out? If anyone has any suggestion s as how to tackle each of these areas I would welcome the advice. Thanks, Paul..
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Originally posted by Mark:
David,

I'd love to hear "tips, tricks, and advice" on your rebedding and rot repair. I'm in the process of trying to stabolize and polish up a '79 J30 that spent too many years hard racing. There are no outward signs on my deck but I've been working on the chainplate regions and it is obvious that there can be rot without any surface indication, so I am suspicious of a few other places. She's made it through 22 years and I like to get her ready for the next 44!

Thanks,

Mark