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Old 11-18-2007 | 03:20 PM
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Who is the guy that is rebuilding the burnt hull 38 Top Gun? This could be a great investment for him.
Travis sold everything to someone else. the boat is in St. Louis now.
 
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Old 11-18-2007 | 03:51 PM
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Ad says deal pending already.
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Old 11-18-2007 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rbr2328
Ad says deal pending already.
I heard Bobby and Jason are at Home Depot stocking up on duct tape right now!
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Old 11-18-2007 | 04:55 PM
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Old 11-18-2007 | 05:01 PM
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This same failure happened to a few 1991's due to a size problem of the fiberglass material. Without the overlap of the 60" sheet, there was a structural weakness in that area.
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Old 11-18-2007 | 05:30 PM
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I've seen another older gun do same thing after a hard run.
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Old 11-18-2007 | 05:36 PM
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How difficult of a repair is this, being a carbon Fiber edition?
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Old 11-18-2007 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Biggus
How difficult of a repair is this, being a carbon Fiber edition?
Where the repair is needed there is no carbon fiber.
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Old 11-18-2007 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Biggus
How difficult of a repair is this, being a carbon Fiber edition?
Had the same probelm with overlap, like Ed suggested, in my old Scarab.

In my case it delaminated in the keel. We wound up cutting the keel section about 5-6ft long. It was determined that Wellcraft only overlapped the keel about 4-5 inches and which made it weak. Then we cut the floor out of the cabin liner. Feathered all the edges and began the re-glass process...layer after layer after layer...overlapping about a foot and a half each time...then we added a stringer down the keel and about 7 mini bulkheads width wise just underneath the cabin liner...then glassed the cabin liner back into palce...I also removed and replaced the gas tank and added additional layers of glass in the keel under the tank. While we were at it I added additional builkheads throughout the boat and spent about two weeks blue printing the bottom of the boat. In the end the boat was stronger than it was before the delamination failure and I gained 3 mph..
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Old 11-18-2007 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Panther
Had the same probelm with overlap, like Ed suggested, in my old Scarab...... In the end the boat was stronger than it was before the delamination failure and I gained 3 mph..


Nice work. It's always good to see a positive difference after a project is completed.


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