Shawnadithit- (Shawn for short) is a 36′ cold molded sloop. Some darkening of the laminates was observed by the owner who had it checked out with a moisture meter. Turns out it had some bad areas at the fore and aft areas of the ballast. The boat has grounded here and there over time and must have cracked the epoxy and sheathing allowing water to seep in. We got the boat here, lifted the hull off the ballast after the keel bolts had been cut out with a customized hole saw. I cut out the area, cleaned it up, put a scarfing bevel around the edges and started relaminating. Murphy’s law showed up. At the after end of the big hole, there was a dark area on the inner most layer, which I was just going to cut out and patch- about A 10 minute task. Cutting it led to cutting a bit more out and now there is a second area cur out almost as big as the first. That little stained part was the forward end of a big mess. Apparantly the whole boat was checked with the meter, but this wet area was never found. I’m not too sure what caused this, but I’ll tell you what I think next time.

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