Hi All -
I’m having the bottom on my 30U soda-blasted and stripped down to the fiberglass and built back up. No major issues, no blisters or anything, but they did find these pinholes throughout. Anyone had a similar issue and is this common on a Nonsuch? Solutions?
Bob Gehrman
NS #396 “Quickbeam”
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Do you know if your boat was ever hit by lightning? That’s one of the things they checked for when FATE was struck in 2006 (before I owned her.
Jim Cosgrove
FATE 30U #343
Galesville, MD
Might be worth checking with a moisture meter to see if there’s water absorbing into the fiberglass?
– Bob
Me Gusta
Nonsuch 26U #233
Hi Bob,
I went through the same process this past spring, and had the same result. Judging by the photo it looks exactly like my boat bottom. I had a few professionals look at it and they all agreed that the blasting revealed the small voids in the gelcoat. They all also agreed that the best solution is to skim over the holes with epoxy filler and sand to fair. I also had a field technical support person from Pettit look at it. We then did the epoxy barrier coating.
Jerome Bertuglia
Purr Diem
NS30C #269
Fair it then barrier coats then paint…
