Subject: RE: [baidarka] Help?
From: Chuck Holst (CHUCK@MULTITECH.COM)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 09:57:30 EDT
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From: Peter Chopelas [mailto:pac@premier1.net]
>>
Vaya wrote:
>The starboard gunwale is cracked! ....I have three choices as I see
it. Try to fill the crack and do a lot of praying, take the entire boat
apart, make another starboard gunwale and reassemble, or take it out back,
start a fire and go shopping for an off the rack 'yak.
Anyway, the easiest fix I think to to take a piece of wood the same size as
the gunwale and about as long as 20 times the thickness. Glue and clamp it
to
the inside of the existing gunwale. Use either epoxy or Polyurethane glue.
4
or more bronze or stainless wood screws either side of the crack will also
give extra strength.
It will be strong enough but the repaired gunwale will be stiffer then the
other one. That may not matter depending where is it located on the
gunwale.
Peter
>>
Why not just inject epoxy resin into as much of the crack as possible, and
then lash it?
Chuck Holst
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