blisters

[SV Smart Move]

If your bottom paint is good but you have blisters, Is there any reason to pull the boat for a new bottom job?

S/V Smart Move
Rio Dulce

[ishmael]

Depends on the severity of the blisters.  Unfortunately it's hard to tell without pulling and examining them by grinding out a few at least.  Also, ask 6 people about blisters and you will bet at least 6 different answers from, no problem just cosmetic, to horror and you must take all the gel coat down to glass, grind out any remaining blisters and dry them for months, then barrier coat with epoxy.  My opinion,  most are cosmetic issues with few structural consequences until and unless they are way into the glass.  Bottom line - each case is different.  Good luck.

Ron and Carol Norton
SV Dragon's Dance
lying Clearwater Beach FL

[SV Smart Move]

Thanks that was how I felt but wanted a second thought. Now for haulling the boat. I have a digram that says to haul with the rear strap of the lifting rig to be placed under the prop. Yet I have talked to other 365 folks who don't do that. they place the rear strap down on the very end of the keel.

Were do you place the rear strap or shude this be a topic for discusion
johnny

[S/V Deo Volente]

The diagram from Pearson that I have shows lifting from the area above the prop, some lift operators don't like that because it's hard to get around the prop.
As for your blisters, if they are the pinheads in the gelcoat I wouldn't panic, but they should be taken care of at some point.

[ishmael]

We have always lifted with the rear strap positioned as per the marks.  That would be with the rear strap positioned just astern of the prop and between the prop and the rudder.  Agreed,  it is hard for the operator to hit this without catching on either the prop or on the rudder.  But with patience it is doable. I always carry a diagram of the hull so the lift operator can see the underwater shape of the hull.


Ron
SV Dragon's Dance
Clearwater FL