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Re: S&G: Repair Advice, Please - S&G Hull Crack
By:David Kennedy
Date: 10/1/2008, 11:03 am
In Response To: S&G: Repair Advice, Please - S&G Hull Crack (vk1nf)

Two suggestions :
A; Can you close the crack with two or three ratchet tie downs?? ( wrapped around the hull )

If so pull a little epoxy into the crack with a Shop vac from the other side, and then strap it up, and ... gently ... tighten the ratchets. When the epoxy cures, add your glass strips from the inside.

B. To stop a tension crack from spreading, drill a 1/16the dia hole at either end of the crack. This will relieve any furthur tension spreading of the crack. The tiny holes will easily fill from the outside with the epoxy

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S&G: Repair Advice, Please - S&G Hull Crack
vk1nf -- 10/1/2008, 9:54 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/6/2008, 12:36 pm
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Terry Haines -- 10/6/2008, 11:56 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/2/2008, 2:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/2/2008, 3:56 pm
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Dave Reekie -- 10/3/2008, 4:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/3/2008, 12:14 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/4/2008, 2:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/5/2008, 2:18 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/3/2008, 10:26 am
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Mike Savage -- 10/1/2008, 11:46 am
Re: S&G: Repair Advice, Please - S&G Hull Crack
David Kennedy -- 10/1/2008, 11:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/1/2008, 12:25 pm