Bottom pox

Posted By: SailboatOwners.com
Date: 1/1/07 7:13p.m.

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This week's discussion and quiz on SailboatOwners.com... So, your boat has just been hauled. Inspecting the bottom, you are pleased to find no hard growth and the through hulls and the running gear look pretty good. But then you notice these little bumps in the paint.... Blisters. Most fiberglass boats will develop some blisters in their lifetimes. Sometimes they are just little bubbles in the paint in a few locations. Other times, blisters may appear as quarter or half-dollar size eruptions here and there. And in some extreme cases, the entire bottom may be covered with a pox of blisters that extend into the laminate. Has your boat ever had blisters? If so, how did you deal with them? Cut them open, dry them out, and fill with epoxy? Was it a DIY job or did you hire a professional? How serious do you really think blisters are? Share you views about blisters here and then take the Quick Quiz on the homepage. (Discussion topic and quiz by Warren Milberg)

Messages In This Thread

  Bottom pox  -- SailboatOwners.com -- 1/1/07 7:13p.m.

My boat could be the poster child for blisters.... -- Jim Hall "Money Pit" Windrose 18,"Rinky Dink", Dallas -- 1/1/07 7:59p.m.

We also had blisters... -- Walter Jones N.Texas Laguna 22 & 26 -- 1/1/07 8:52p.m.

Blisters -- Gordon -- 1/1/07 9:11p.m.

Oh yeah... I had them... -- Bob K, Music City, C22 Pursuit, 470 Twinshood -- 1/1/07 10:08p.m.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. -- Jeff G. US 21 Bourbonator, Indiana -- 1/2/07 5:21a.m.

Yup, ignored them. Boat yards are thieves!!!!! -- Jason, Portland, OR -- 1/2/07 9:22a.m.

Spent lots of hours on blisters... -- Chris Muthig, "Telepyleia" 17' Siren, 1976 -- 1/2/07 6:13p.m.

No Blisters, -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 6:43p.m.

Changing Ports... -- Scott Widmier, Mac 26d, Kennesaw,GA -- 1/3/07 8:44a.m.

Hey Scott--did you get my e-mail asking about Carrabelle? -- Tom-C22-"Elusion" -- 1/3/07 10:12a.m.

Lost in in the junk mail but have responded... -- Scott Widmier, Mac 26d, Kennesaw,GA -- 1/3/07 5:08p.m.