WEEKEND 14-20: Repair V-Hold and Small Deck Hole

Ok now the process of repairing the V-Hole. I used the same process as use to repair the Basket Ball Hole but with the help of my friend Bob we worked as a team on laying up the fiberglass.  Couldn't have done it without his help.

Here is the V-Hole at 8 AM

Originally I was trying to keep as much of the original structured fiberglass as possible but the lower section bowed out to much and made the executive decision to remove the entire section and repair it from the inside like the Basket Ball Hole repair.  Gregory who is looking in the hole actually later jumped out the hole from the inside.  Which I had a picture of that...

We brace the plywood wrapped in plastic against the hull to form the shape of the hull.  Especially important for such a large open hole area.

Then began the process of cutting the fiberglass cloth layers and wetting them out with resin and putting each one in place one after another until all 8 layers were in place. 

Here is what it looked like the next morning.  I was very pleased with the outcome. Only issue I had with the outcome was when I positioned the heavy wood brace against the plywood to shape the outside hull, I must have applied to much pressure at the top of the plywood which caused the top section of the repair to be indented about an inch.  It took more time to do fiberglass/fill and fairing work then it took to repair apply all the layers inside. But it all worked out.

To the right of the V-Hole there was a crack that had to be grinded and filled with 7 small layers of of fiberglass. This was only the outside repair.  Later I will have to do the same to the inside and then put several large sheets of fiberglass to reinforce the entire section to make this area rock solid! 

With the hull side holes partially completed, it was time to work on the deck. This was a pre-existing hole someone cut-out above the head in the aft section.  I can't figure out what this was done it had to be fiber-glassed & filled. 

And then the fill came the next day because of the rain...