[Rhodes22-list] Hit by a car, can my rhodes be saved?

[Alex McKenna]

I was a cabinetmaker during college, but that guy is much better with a nail
gun than I will ever be :-)



John Shulick wrote:
> 
> Rummy, 
> 
>  Perhaps you missed the part where I stressed this is NOT A JOB FOR THE
> NON HANDY perhaps this attachment will give you a better perspective on
> what I mean
>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p28687329/SiDidieravaitunmarteau.wmv
> SiDidieravaitunmarteau.wmv 
> 
> Happy sailing
> John S
> 
> 
> R22RumRunner wrote:
>> 
>> Alex,
>> Bummer is the only word that comes to mind. I've read all the posts  
>> offering advice and some on right on and others are totally off the wall.
>> A good  
>> auto body shop that has experience with Corvettes might be a good way to
>> go 
>> if  you don't have a good marina near by that does that kind of work. 
>> Fiberglass is light, strong and easily repaired and reinforced during the  
>> repair. A little research on your part and you might attempt the repairs  
>> yourself. DO NOT SEPERATE THE HULL HALVES. Totally not necessary. Also,
>> the  
>> insurance company might be able to direct you to a good repair shop.
>> This is totally repairable and worth doing.
>>  
>> Rummy
>>  
>>  
>> In a message dated 5/25/2010 9:42:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>> alex at brightrhino.com writes:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> This week I was going to start work restoring my rhodes  22, but Saturday 
>> at 4:30 AM there arose a problem. My wife and I were awoken  to the sound
>> of 
>> an explosion, we looked out our window and saw a car driving  on our
>> lawn. A 
>> man fell asleep at the wheel, and drove his honda civic through  our
>> fence, 
>> smashing into, then going under our boat on the trailer. The boat  was 
>> still tightly strapped to the dual-axle trailer with 10k pound straps. He 
>> was 
>> still going so fast after the collision, he demolished two more fences,  
>> throwing the heavy, trex fencing 20 or 30 feet. The hull has three or
>> fours  
>> cracks near the transom. I have to get an estimate for repairs, but we  
>> recently moved to CT and I don't know any repair shops in the area.  
>> 
>> What do you think are the chances of getting this repaired? I may be 
>> able 
>> to grind and epoxy myself, but I don't know if I will be able to get 
>> access 
>> to the inner hull.
>> 
>> Here are some pics of the  damage:
>> 
>> Amazingly, the driver was unhurt, and left the car before the  police 
>> arrived.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Alex
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