Hi everyone
Our trailer sailer sustained some hull damage on our last trip away and we are now on the lookout for a good reliable repairer.
Can anyone make any recommendations for anyone around Lake Macquarie or further north? (We are in inland northern NSW)
Cheers and thanks.

Ramona said...
If its on a trailer it can go just about anywhere! Local shipwright has replaced the front on a North shore 27 and a large catamaran and there is no way you could see the repaired area. The Northshore was sold on. Post a picture of the damaged area, we maybe able to offer some advice once the damaged bit has been viewed.

you don't happen to know the name of the Northshore 27 that had its front replaced do you ;)

keensailor said...

Ramona said...
If its on a trailer it can go just about anywhere! Local shipwright has replaced the front on a North shore 27 and a large catamaran and there is no way you could see the repaired area. The Northshore was sold on. Post a picture of the damaged area, we maybe able to offer some advice once the damaged bit has been viewed.

you don't happen to know the name of the Northshore 27 that had its front replaced do you ;)

No but it was from Jervis Bay. I had a photo of the catamaran on my community facebook page but it is not showing at the moment. I'm sure I never took a photo of the Northshore.

Both of these are relatively simple repairs, both in terms of cost and skill required.
The first one, the one that has fallen out would need to be ground back all the way back to where there is good substrate to bond to. Gouge all of the bog out till there is no more bog then rough sand the hull using either a belt sander or disc grinder (use both veeeeeryyyy carefully) just grind enough to get a clean surface. After you are happy with your work start applying glass cloth and epoxy resin till you have made the repair a bit thicker than original. When all is good shape the hull to same profile as previous, it will go very easy if you use a surform file while the repair is still green. After rough shaping let it set completely and finish sand to shape using a long board.

The other repair can be done in the same way, grind just enough to get to clean hull material. then build it back up and shape.

Build your layers up by starting with small bits of glass cloth in the centre and getting gradually larger, overlapping the previous piece with the subsequent one.