Fiberglass repair question? Looking at the pic, repairable?

[Necessary Evil]

I've been looking for a Flying Scot sailboat and this one just came available cheap. Smooshed in a car wreck, it appears that the worst damage is a crush at the hull and deck joint. I know that this is not technically an AS question, but does anyone think this is repairable for say, under $3k? Many thanks!

[feeling2damgood]

im a fiberglass repair guy but i cant imagine that costing 3k if u do it youself. i dont see 1k of work there. i could be wrong but thats my opinion and like they say there like @ holes.

[Necessary Evil]

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j38 ... 1298951106

[Necessary Evil]

It is insanely hard to post photos here! Wow, photobucket makes me want to pull my hair out! Ok, so not that much hair left anyway, but that's my wife's handiwork, no website should have priority over her :)

[Necessary Evil]

Not bioching, just venting a bit! This is such a great website/resource. So glad to be welcome here!

[Circle Hooked]

Ouch,i'm sure that could be fixed for less than 3.
 

[Capt. Bob]

It is insanely hard to post photos here! Wow, photobucket makes me want to pull my hair out!

If you understand Photo Bucket, then read this carefully. It's a lot of words to explain what a few mouse clicks will do.

Insane? What isn't?

Hard? Matter of perspective and knowledge.

Now, once you understand how Photo Bucket works and you still can't post pics, try this.
Read steps carefully.

1: Go to your Bucket account (you need one to post photos on this forum), open and double click on a photo you have downloaded to the site.

2. Place cursor on the top left of photo, tool bar will appear, place cursor on EDIT then click on RESIZE

3. In a few moments a new window will open (call it the re-size window) with your photo and a tool bar above it.
Note the current photo size in the tool bar.Since this site (Classic Aquasport) limits posted photos to 800 pix wide X 600 pix long you must re-size it in order to post it, if it is larger than that. So.....

4. Photo Bucket has preset sizes you can use. They are in a 4:3 ratio and you will notice them in the toolbar just below the width measurement. Also notice that you can manually enter the pixel size for both width and height. Also note that there are two selections you can make when manually selecting the number of pixels. Unless you're a photo genius make sure you have the "proportion" button highlighted (little red dot to the left). This keeps your photo in the standard 4:3 ratio mentioned above. Why is this important? Under normal conditions, you hold the camera in the standard position and your photo is taken in the 4:3 ratio. Tilting the camera on end alters the width to height ratio. By leaving the proportion button highlighted, you can enter 600 px in the height box and the width will automatically change for a proper photo size.

5. This is where most members screw up. :o  After you set the proper size you must do two (2) additional steps. First, click on the APPLY button on the right side of the tool box. Nothing much will seem to happen. Now scroll down and click on the Replace Original button. It's located underneath and to the right of your photo. If you do not complete this step, you will never place the proper size photo on the Aqua site. This is the thing most members do not do.

6.After clicking on the Replace Original button, the screen will take a few moments to do its thing and a new window will magically appear. Scroll down and look to the right and you will notice several options for "sharing your photo". Click on the last (IMG) one and notice how a little yellow box appears to the left saying "copied".

That's it, you're done.
Go back to your post and place your re-sized photo into the post where you want it by pushing "Ctrl + V" (at the same time) and it will appear as code. By previewing your post before submitting, you can check that you did everything correctly.

[Necessary Evil]

[RickK]

Not so hard after all, eh?

[Capt. Bob]

I love it when a plan comes together.

Ouch! :eye:
Now you just need the 3 big.

Good luck.

[GoneFission]

Does not look that bad - find a shop that's hurting for work and offer them $1000, or do it yourself for less.  Do you want a fine finish, or just something servicable?

[Necessary Evil]

As for quality of the repair, its not my boat yet, of course, and may never be. In general, I'd want a good repair, not too noticeable if you were not looking for it. More importantly, this is a sailboat, with heavy loads being transferred through the rig to the hull. I think strength would be my first priority.

Thanks Bob, for the pic refresher.

Again, not complaining, but I do not understand why so many hoops must be jumped through for a simple pic in a post. Its not my forum, and I really love being here, and I'm not competent in the least to comment on what is possible or what is cost effective, but it would be nice to be able in the words of one of my long past lady friends to just stick it on in.  

I've got a week or so to consider this busted boat. I know I do not want to attempt the repair myself. I'll run it past a few local shops and see what they say. Thanks everyone, for your $.02!

Best,

Charlie

[RickK]

When our photo gallery was in a better state of health you still had to paste those IMG codes into your topic - and you do on every other forum that I know of too.  Having our own photo gallery just cut out the photo bucket part.
Glad you figured it out.