[Rhodes22-list] Bow Repair | NH

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Hi Bob,

The attached picture seems to be your foredeck, not your bow.

How do you know the damaged bow is structurally sound?  Have you done any ultrasound probes of the area?  Anyway, please send a photo of the damage on the bow.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium 

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> On Mar 10, 2022, at 4:12 PM, Mark West via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> used West epoxy 105 with good results 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. Robert Lester <C.Robert.Lester at dartmouth.edu>
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 10, 2022 3:23 pm
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bow Repair | NH
> 
> Hello, Recommendations please for repair.
> 
> At waterline on the "point" of the bow, our Rhodes collided into some shore, rocks in a storm.
> The damage was clear, once I pulled the boat out for winter storage.
> 
> 1st-spot is 1.5x1"
> 2nd- spot is half the size of the 1st spot.
> 
> Structurally the bow is sound.
> Is epoxy the best for repairing?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Bob Lester
> Sunapee,NH
> ORION '84
> 
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