The rudder case must have been under the dock. Also, paint on the engine cover suggests enormous movements of the dock and the boat.
Float stern must have been under the outrigger
Outrigger obviously hit the float side above the fender really hard. The picture doesn't tell well, but there are several cracks in the laminate, and a whole bunch of buckles all over the side, above the fender positions that is.
Another crack further forward on the float
Really don't know what to do. Inside laminate seems to be undamaged. Probably will cover all the cracks with adhesive tape and sail the rest of the season. Then fix or rebuild.
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Ouch, that is very unfortunate... Hopefully not too painful to repair.
Definitely get back on the water for the season, but once winter starts we would love to see more photos and write ups of your adventures over the summer.
Andy
F-22 #135
Hi Tor,
From my experience, the internal laminate will possibly be de-laminated from the core, but carbon is really flexible so if there are no cracks, it will just be the holes in the outer laminate.
It might not be that bad apart from the patches, fill, fair, paint drama that is to come. Might be a good time to discuss my plans for L Foils with you.
Andrew
www.andrew-mcleod.com
Thanks guys. I'm still in the think box for the repair. Quite a bit of filling is needed to fair the float side, but that's probably the way to go anyway. Think I might try to put in new foam at the worst places, that will make sure there is no delaminations to the inner skin as well. I'd love to discuss foils! And canting rig!
Beautiful boat! What a shame to have all that damage. Here I am feeling sorry for myself for having to clean all the bird mess off mine because I have to tie up on a mooring, could be worse
Good luck with the repairs. I'm sure you'll having her looking great before next season.
Regards, Brian
N.E. Express
C-28R
Narragansett Bay RI USA
Hi Tor , hope you don't miss too much of your summer . You say that the damage was caused by very violent motion - I think you may have to blame the wing mast for that as they generate very high lift very quickly when oriented correctly and would cause the large accelerations that threw the gear all over the boat . L foil idea sounds great ! . Cheers , Jim Buckland .
Thanks again everyone.
The wing mast have obviously caught some air, but was taking the wind from the trailing edge, so probably not too bad. The braking waves going over the docks have definitely also contributed.
Breaking waves over the dock ...... wow , change marinas ! Only get that sort of stuff here in cyclones . Cheers , Jim B.
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