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Originally Posted by bigi
Is the delamination I'm looking at just the fiberglass work to make the compartment or is it what ties the stringers to the hull?
Sorry if it's a stupid question. This is my first sea craft. I'm learning :-)
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The stringers are normally casted in a mold and then placed into the boat. From the hulls Ive seen they have wrapped them in wide pieces of cloth that went from one side all the way around to the other with the tabbing all on the one piece. Not to say they didn't add tabbing in the corners like shown in yours but most Ive seen are done wrapping over the stingers and tabbed to the floor. Could be added after the fact like mentioned or could of been added at the factory originally. I have had mainly older early 70's hulls so the latter year hulls may of not been laid up the same or it could just be how this one was done. My guess why it is separating would be the glass it was laid on was fully cured and had little prep prior to the filets being added. They may of not sanded the base prior to adding it or it could of had dust on it keeping it from boning well. Even if it is poly it should not separate if prepped well.
It wouldn't be too bad to pull the delaminated sections out and then add it back with some 1708 if it looks like it needs the beef in the stringer bases where they meet the hull.
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Originally Posted by bigi
It's an 89 Sceptre I picked up last fall. Not sure if it's history. It's in decent shape. Not looking to do a complete restoration.
I'll pull it apart as you suggested and post pics.
Thanks
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Being it was a later 89 model may have something to do with it. While a lot of post 80's produced hulls have said to be built ok to well there has been reports that they were not built as well as the earlier 70's year ones.