S2 7.9 Meter Class Association

Hi Tom
thank you

It sounds like you are right

Not sure where or how to get those wooden slats but will look into it

Hi everyone Getting to the home stretch on all the boat work. Fraser is almost finished completely rewiring the boat. $2000 and many, many hours later. I feel like a boat widow. I hope the new owner appreciates all this someday Meanwhile, I'm still anxious to get the carpet out of the inside. In the...

Hi Larry and Tom

That sounds really good, thank you!

I will look up the link

I think Operetta deserves to look pretty

And yes, we are north. We''ll be putting the boat in the water the last weekend in March, in Skagway Alaska


Thanks you guys


Cara

I wouldn't mind making Operetta shine again. I've been trying to figure out hw this is done. Forgive my ignorance :lol: Can new gel coat be applied to create a shiny new surface, say sprayed on or with a paint brush? Our boat is inside a shop at the moment but I'm not sure they would want us sprayin...

Thanks for the link Doug

Hell, I'd take 40 degrees over -30 anyway

40 is sailing weather in Alaska

Hi Doug

Thanks for posting this

Do you have a link of something where I can take a look at the lining?


Still figuring out what to do when we remove our lining so this was really helpful

Hi guys I think we have the rot in hand. We chipped out the wet stuff to the white core and then replaced it with marine plywood. Then Fraser drilled all the bolt holes and filled them with epoxy. I hope that does the trick The boat is supposed to go in this week to fix the damage we did by accident...

Hi Tom and Doug, thank you :D The idea of spraying it with hot water and removing it intrigues me. I'm hoping we can find a place to work on the boat this winter. I like the idea of just painting the inside. We do live in the far north though, so we might need to consider some sort of vinyl backed f...

That would be fabulous, thank you!

I will get Fraser to PM you his questions. He's started to fix the smaller areas, but not tackled the chain plate area yet, other than to chip out the rot

Hi Greg, thanks We have removed all the hardware and begun the process of fixing everything. Fraser made plywood patches and filled the holes with epoxy for the spots by the pulpit and the swim ladder. We are thinking of having the guys at the fiberglass place fix the ones that are larger around the...

We have hull # 303 - Operetta in Yukon
There is an S 2 7.9 named Polar Bear, in Valdez Alaska

Hi Pete, thanks good to know I think it's me that feels discouraged, but Fraser seems optimistic as ever that he can handle the repairs. I don't know if that is good or bad, lol Otherwise we love the boat and have had a lot of fun, even thinking of taking her to participate in races in Alaska We've ...

We seem to be having our share of problems with our new boat On investigating the water in the vee berth, we decided to pull the chainplates to look at the core. Not pretty. Totally rotten under the starboard plate for about a foot square. The bulkhead is also rotten, and you can see where the screw...

Hi Tim, thanks We tracked the source of the water to the port and starboard chainplates. When we removed them we found rotten core. On the starboard side it is rotten right into the bulkhead, so I'm sure glad we found it It still might be leaking from the daggerboard trunk and when we get it pulled ...

Hi Tim, thank you

Yeah, it's the same number on the hull

So we are 303 I guess