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24-09-2013, 06:26 PM
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Registered User
Country: Sunny Scotland
Location: Fife
Occupation: Man of lesure
Interests: Ice Hockey/Floorball/Skating/Boats
Boat name: Efamol
Boat make: Ring 18
Engines: Merc Xr2
Cruising area: Scottish Loch's/River forth
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 76
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Advice on a Ring 18.
I have recently bought a Ring 18 as I raced behind it in the early 80s. After getting her home I have realised that the hull is in worse shape than I first feared. It has the worst hand paint job I have ever seen, fear paint was put on with a trowel.
I have found some routine holes that need filling, also a bit of delamination on the screen which does not worry me that much, a bit of the floor needs cut out and replaced as its rotten.
The most worrying bit is she is covered in star crazing and I mean the deck is covered, so are the sides. I have never done anything with this amount of work before so thought I would ask the knowledgeable people on here before I go any further.
Am I mad to be attempting this? Is my heart ruling my head, would love to restore back to its former glory but feel it could be way out of my league.
Hope someone can help
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24-09-2013, 06:31 PM
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Registered User
Country: england
Location: surrey
Engines: none at the mo
Cruising area: south coast
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: surrey
Posts: 472
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ring 18
that's unusual for a ring to be so star crazed, / stressed, any pics ?
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24-09-2013, 06:40 PM
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Registered User
Country: Sunny Scotland
Location: Fife
Occupation: Man of lesure
Interests: Ice Hockey/Floorball/Skating/Boats
Boat name: Efamol
Boat make: Ring 18
Engines: Merc Xr2
Cruising area: Scottish Loch's/River forth
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 76
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Will take some tomorrow. Ive never seen a Ring this crazed either think it has been abused by someone, the bow is covered as are the sides.
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24-09-2013, 08:08 PM
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Registered User
Country: Ireland
Location: Dublin
Occupation: Boatbuilder
Boat make: Hydrostream V-king, 650SS OCR ,Ring 21, Ring 18, Phantom 18.
Engines: 300Hp Mercury 2.4, 130 Yamaha, Bridgeport EFI, XR6, Merc 200.
Cruising area: Malahide, Dublin
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dublin
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I have a ring 18 here that has similar gel damage, but its chemical damage or bad gelcoat, not stress damage. Ended up painting the deck to sort it out.
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24-09-2013, 08:09 PM
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Registered User
Country: Guernsey Channel Isles
Location: West Coast
Occupation: Hotelier
Interests: Powerboat racing
Boat name: Vodkatini,Cap Camarat,Easy RiderSuper Rider & Hirrondelle
Boat make: Phantom 21,Jeaneau 925 Avenger19.Lorne Campbell Slipstream Tremlett 21.Tigershark 21
Engines: Volvo 5 litre,Merc 115 Tower,Twin 250 Suzukis and 145 Mercruiser LX
Cruising area: Channel Islands and French coast
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: West Coast
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That French footballer Riberie was interviewed and they asked him about the scars on his face from a car crash when he was young,did it effect him ?
His answer was "He war his scars with pride"
So any old race boat is going to have some stress marks.
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25-09-2013, 04:51 PM
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Registered User
Country: Sunny Scotland
Location: Fife
Occupation: Man of lesure
Interests: Ice Hockey/Floorball/Skating/Boats
Boat name: Efamol
Boat make: Ring 18
Engines: Merc Xr2
Cruising area: Scottish Loch's/River forth
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 76
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Ring 18
here is the only photo I could upload on here.
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25-09-2013, 09:22 PM
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Dave
Country: UK
Location: Scotland
Occupation: Offshore Seismic Surveyor
Interests: Boats of any shape or size
Boat name: Miss-T
Boat make: Ring 21B
Engines: 200 XR2
Cruising area: Loch Earn
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scotland
Posts: 239
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My Ring 18 has some crazing on her part of her deck but not on the hull. Although mine is still in her original gel coat of white decks and orange hull/cockpit it is on the orange gel coat on the front screen that is showing the crazing - all other areas are solid. As Hydrostream says, it is only the gel coat, the glass underneith is sound.
Sorry, cant get you any photos at the moment since I am no were near the boat
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