ManlyWindrush Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Anyone? I'm in the Manly QLD area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy1945 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hull sets down here for around $200, transports the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManlyWindrush Posted December 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Hi Darcy, thanks for your reply. Are they just ones you have spare or is that through a shop? Are they bulkhead ones? Has anybody here had to transport parts interstate before? Any ideas/suggestions/recommendations? I had a look at a couple of interstate couriers but they all seem to dislike the dimensions. Any help would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 ManlyWindrush, If you are after a complete bulkhead W14 in the Brisbane area, give me a call 0419 723 800. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManlyWindrush Posted December 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks JimB. Much appreciated. What are the best times to give you a call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Evenings after 6pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManlyWindrush Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Hull sets down here for around $200' date=' transports the problem.[/quote'] Hi Darcy, I thought I'd replied to this but obviously not. Whereabouts are you located? Do you still have hull sets down there for that price? If so, what year and Mk are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy1945 Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 For that price they will be mk2 (not bulkhead) I am on Lake Macquarie sth of N/castle. Be patient and keep trying, you will find something up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManlyWindrush Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Hi Darcy, Thanks for your reply. At this stage, I don't mind if they are not bulkhead hulls. I mistakenly thought the bulkheads would act as reinforcement for where the cross beams connect to the hulls, but I've since been told otherwise. Can anyone confirm this? If all the bulkheads do is reinforce the structure of the hull, I'm not hugely concerned. I guess the main thing I'm looking for now is younger hulls than the ones I've currently got. This shouldn't be hard since mine is an original 1976 Surfcat. Obviously, I want them to have some sort of reinforcement inside the hull. One I looked at recently just had chunks of polystyrene foam floating around inside it and what looked like a failed attempt at using Expanda Foam (big blob of yellow goo gone hard). Does anyone know the "shelf-life" for fibreglass? Someone told me it lasts about 40 years, but another person told me that it never actually properly breaks down. Does anybody have any official info on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 It would depend on construction, materials and maintenance, but there are a lot of 40y/o plus f/g boats still on the water. I used to have a carribean from the '70s and it still looked like new and was really solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManlyWindrush Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 For that price they will be mk2 (not bulkhead) I am on Lake Macquarie sth of N/castle. Be patient and keep trying' date=' you will find something up there.[/quote'] Darcy, do you have any pics you could post or email me? (lukejbonner(at)gmail.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy1945 Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 The Windys are fairly tough boats, the main fault being the polystyrene foam bulkheads, that you saw, coming unglued over time, when hulls are left in the weather and not kept dry internally (the combination of heat and humidity stuffs the glue) Fitting large hatch covers just behind the front beam will give you reasonable access for a rough repair/reglue. The plastic box under the rear hatch can be cut into pieces with a box cutter for removal allowing access at that end (Though the bow is the critical section) Most 2nd hand hulls, of any age, will have bulkhead glue problems. The large flat surfaces of the windy need the bulkheads for support, the shallower and rounder hulls of the Mari and Hobie rely on their shape for strength. No photos, sorry, but you can call any time for advice, 02 43591729 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManlyWindrush Posted January 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks Darcy, much appreciated. That's very helpful. From what I've seen so far, it seems like Windys appear all over the place with a variety of odd repair/modification jobs. What should I use to glue it back in, just an epoxy resin or something else? Sorry, I have no experience with fibreglass repairs whatsoever. Have you ever seen a successful reinforcement of the cross beam to hull joint for a Windy? We've found rough diagrams of potential reinforcements, but I was just wondering if anyone had done it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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