Hi, ive recently noticed a damage to the front of my sailboat. Ive attached some photos.
Will it be alright to sail without repairing the fiberglass.
Also, anyone else with a spacesailer 22ft with what seem to be a hole on one side bottom front right side. Ive also attached a photo of this.
Many thanks
Presume the hole is the anchor locker drain outlet - check inside for the tubing.
The bow is typical of bumps in that age a yacht. Should be ok but suggest check inside that the laminate is solid - the vertical line indication could be a split in the laminate or could just be the bow gelcoat surface damage. Sand out loose material, fill with Septone gelcoat repair filler and local paint touch-up, or fill and add a patch layer of fibreglass cloth, fair in and paint.
The hole is the drain from the anchor well.
That gel coat missing on the stem is not going to stop you sailing. Fix it sometime in the next few years.
That looks like Valkyrie - smart looking boat.
As others have said, some chips in the gelcoat on the bow is nothing to be too concerned about, but get up in the bow and make sure the laminate is sound, although it doesn't look like she took too big a bump on the nose. Whilst in the bow check the hose that runs from the forward end of the anchor well to the drain hole in the hull. Mine is just a piece of garden hose clamped in place - you will have something similar. Could be worth pouring a bucket of water in to your anchor well to make sure the drain is working and that there is no leaking in to the cabin.
Other things worth checking would be the deck around where the rigging attaches (see my thread about deck repair on my SS22!). Underneath those saddles holding up your rig is a laminate with a ply core. I've noticed quite a few SS22s with cracks in the deck around this area which could indicate a swollen, rotten core. Yours looks fairly clean though, so should be OK.
Thanks everyone. Will definitely get it fixed soon. @Microbe haha yes it is. Good spotting. How did you come to be so familiar with Valkyrie :)
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Thanks everyone. Will definitely get it fixed soon. @Microbe haha yes it is. Good spotting. How did you come to be so familiar with Valkyrie :)
I own a Spacey 22 myself and am always looking at other boats to compare and contrast and look for good ideas. Any time one comes up for sale I save a copy of all the photos to a library I've been building up of the boats in the class. Last time I was down at SoPYC I took some photos of all the SS22s I could find. Valkyrie was among them. Other than that I don't know her at all. The association might have some useful information if you are interested.
Give me a shout if there is anything you need a hand with.
Next race in the Ss22 state championship is on 17th Jan at Nedlands YC, just around the corner from you. It would be a good introduction to racing as it's on a Sunday afternoon when the river is less busy. Give it some thought.
@Microbe Soz I havent been able to log onto this account for a while and it also hasnt let me be able to access your thread at all. I see, that's a good way to get some photos, there are some nice ones down at SoPYC. I saw one that was recently refurbished nicely done. I missed out on the 17th Jan race. Did you race? How did it go?
@ss22s - no, I didn't manage to get out on the 17th. My focus now is finishing off my damn repairs and getting my own boat off it's mooring for the first time this summer (although it might be autumn or winter before it actually happens). This new lock down might slow me down if it lasts longer than 5 days. Is working on the boat considered exercise, and could I get much done within my allotted hour?
I think I know which boat you mean. They've done a great job, but I wonder if they are over capitalising on an old boat.
It's hard to say whether the owners have overcapitalized. Depends entirely on who did all the labour. If done themselves then there is not much of an outlay for materials but an enormous sense of achievement in a job well done. What would a new 22 footer like that cost today?
@Microbe it is definitely going to be an exercise but I'm not sure if the authorities would see it the same way haha. At least you are on a mooring, mine is at the club and they've shut and not allowed access. I saw your thread on the deck repairs, that's a fair bit of work happening but great job on the repairs. Val is in a fairly good condition but I've noticed some softening spots on the fiberglass in the cockpit area near entrance into the boat and slightly softening spot on the cockpit seat. I suspect a collapsed foam or whatever is under the surface fiberglass. Have you come across something of this sort?Yes, that boat is the one I was talking about. Looks real nice. @Ramona, true. I may have heard that it costed a fair bit but I can't really remember the exact figures. That's alot of love towards the boat.
@ss22s - I guess softening in the deck could happen anywhere. Mine was caused by water getting in to the plywood via a badly sealed deck fitting. Yours could be due to heavy deckhands bouncing around the cockpit maybe cracking the fibreglass? If it's not causing a leak in to the cabin and not exposing the core to rot it might not need immediate attention as it's not in a structural area.
Here's some of the layup details obtained from the SS22 website
@Ramona - not sure about the price of a new 22 ft boat now, but back in Feb 1991 a sail away package for a brand new, fully finished SS22 was $27,495
@Microbe thanks for posting that, missed that one between all the documents. how's your repair going, back to work hard at it I'm assuming with the lockdown behind us for now. I've noticed the soft spots on mine in front of the entry is enlarging, I'm guessing might have to do with the recent rain and must be a crack exposing the core. Might be tackling a repair myself soon as it's starting to bother me quite a bit, but will fit in some overdue sailing first.
