Ring Rebuilding

[Mike_G]

As you know (or don't know) in the end of 2006 I have bought 1997 RING 20 with XR2
It had some cracks on gelcoat and I decided to fix them before summer
Unfortunetly I saw this crack on the bottom and it was wet, water was all leaking out from it

So I decided to fix it from inside of the boat

[Mike_G]

After I took the caprets off I could lift the floor by my hands

[Mike_G]

The floor is out

[Mike_G]

I have even found a T-shirt under the floor

[Mike_G]

Who made those 3 holes in the back?? Was it made by nail-file??

[Mike_G]

I will keep you updating with pics

[Mike_G]

Boat is up side down

[Mike_G]

and painted with EPINOX 78





This is the first coat of this paint so it don't look perfect so far
I did second coat today but I don't have pics

It is epoxy paint which goes under external paint to give it strenght in place where cracks were and it gives it waterproofnes in those places

Offcourse I have put extra fiberglass inside the boat where the gelcoat cracks were.

[Ph@ntastic]

Looks good Mike , i have been working on a 18ft ring today of a friend of mine , we took off the complete deck from the hull to fix the transom and floor.

[Mike_G]

Before turning the boat upside down I have painted the bottom with top coat


And put new floor but I didn't took picture of that

[robbie]

How did you turn the boat over. Three of us tried it with a 16 footer and gave up.

[Mike_G]

I have put it out of a trailer and put it on the groundon some old car tires
Then rollover it and put it again on the trailer
I had some mechanical lift to lift the boat from trailer
I will make some pics while turning it back and I will post it in a week or something

[littlenige]

Has it been run up a beach at some point do you think?

[Mike_G]

Yeah I think she hit in some rocks

[roy]

I know the feeling mike , i'm doing the same on my ring


good luck

[robbie]

Does everyone on boatmad have a big airy workshop to work on their boats?
Am I the only one who has to hang around waiting for the good weather to start doing anything?

[Jon Holmes]

Originally Posted by robbie

Does everyone on boatmad have a big airy workshop?

I dont know what you mean Robbie!

[roy]

it's a must do rob

i'm rather spending my time on the water .
i hope it's on the wather in two weeks .

[Mike_G]

You're doing great job with your boat ROY
Fortunetly my transom is ok so I don't have to fix it
Offcorse I have put some extra layers of fiberglass to be sure of that

Good luck with your project

[robbie]

Roy Your new transom board looks very lop-sided. one side is noticably higher on one side, and you've glassed it in?