Slipaway repairs

[slvrlng]

Yes my hull has a little "tumblehome". Google that one guys!      

[pete]

we have a winner!did you actually know that one?

[seabob4]

Without looking it up, mind you, it's basically where your hull is wider below the hull-to-deck joint than at the joint itself.  In other words, looking down from the gunnels, the hull bows out before coming back in to the chine...which is the point where the hullside meets the hull bottom...

[gran398]

Tumblehome: an outward curve of the hull sides at the transom, with the top being narrower than the bottom. The width across the stern gunnel is less than the comparable width at the stern waterline. And I didn't look it up either

Most prevalent on displacement and semi-displacement hulls, Maine lobster boats, Hinckley's etc.

In recent times on planing hulls...the Southports and the new Chris-Crafts....mainly for beauty/identity.

[slvrlng]

So I finally started buffing the cap. I hadn't touched it yet because I was still working on the motor and steering and the rest of the issues. This is just the first cut and with 3M 5954, no wet sanding. I still have 2 more steps to go through before wax. I thought it looked cool to see the reflection of the sunset through the trees on the gel.

Not bad for 28 years old.

[seabob4]

Not bad at all, Lewis.  It would be interesting to see how that same gel would've fared had she spent her life in FL...