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Broken Tooth

Submitted by jimtronic - Fri, 4/22/11 » 9:25 AM

Hi, It seems that one of the teeth has broken off of the bottom panel. Is this a huge deal? It seems like I could just clean it up and fit it in while gluing up the panels.

Here's a link to a post about it on my build log:

http://skerry.tumblr.com/post/4834803463/uh-oh-something-already-broke

Any advice on proceeding would be much appreciated.

Cheers, Jim

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RE: Broken Tooth

» Submitted by KathyD - Fri, 4/22/11 » 10:02 AM

I had a similar thing happen on my boat and I carefully lined everything up and epoxied it together. It will be covered with fiberglass tape at this step plus the fiberglass cloth (at least on my Shearwater - assume it's the same for your model) which is what provides the strength. Just make sure to weight the seam well when you epoxy it so you don't have a lumpy seam that would have air bubbles or cause sanding issues later.

RE: Broken Tooth

» Submitted by Dream - Fri, 4/22/11 » 3:06 PM

It's a bummer, but there's nothing to do but carefully glue it.

RE: Broken Tooth

» Submitted by bbennett - Fri, 4/22/11 » 4:07 PM

Same thing happened to me. Thickened epoxy is the new duct tape. See my blog entry for Thursday, July 1, 2010: http://skerrystory.blogspot.com/