Re: '97 SeaRay 230BR with Cap damage & seperations, repair ideas needed !!!!
hi.......EZ asked me to join in.....
the boat is junk ...
ill be happy to take it off your hands for free.....please send address and title asap !
seriously.....that is the kind of stuff i make money on.
check your local searay dealerships for the windsheild frame.
i just saw a half container of them being allmost given away.
as far as the damage....
if you really know what you were doing you COULD fix it from the out side......but...lots of time fairing, and you better be good with your materials or it will craze.
if i was in your shoes i would pull the cap on that one.
your rub rail looks toast... (or sections of it) and semi rigid is cheep.
once the cap is up......you could flip it and start the repairs from underneath.
you will have to grind the areas of damage to get to the glass....
the trick will be straightining out the area, here you will have to get inventive.......even by screwing 2x4's to the cap to hold it straight while you glass it from the inside.
glass it with csm and 1708.....poly or VE resin is fine.
epoxy will be expencive and not nessary IMHO.
once the cap is straightend and fixed from the inside, flip it back over and grind out the damaged areas .....remove the gellcoat and get to the cracks
glass with 2 layers of 1.5 csm.........sand flat. mix a gellcoat paste.....and lightly use it as a filler......then fair.
then re gellcoat the areas sand/fair and buff.
i would smile if you brought that to me as the glass and gellcoat alone would be in the 4000 range without seeing more.
shop around for the windsheild frame.....it could come cheap......and if there is a boat builder in your area, buy a bottle of wine for the head secratary and see if she will order you some rub rail at there cost.....
if you cant get the items you need stoopid cheap.....iboats is as good as a store and anywhere and great prices.
pm me the link to this thread if you need more info.
cheers
oops