Restoring Foiler 21
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Topic: Restoring Foiler 21
Posted By: foiler 21 rescue
Subject: Restoring Foiler 21
Date Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 10:46am
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I have recently brought this great sailing boat and in need of help in trying to bring it back to its former glory the gel coat is very bad and im spending a long time removing the old cracked gel coats (by hand)with a very sharp chisel being very carefull not to gouge the body. has any one got any good advice on other methods i could try do i have to primer the boat before adding a gel coat if so wheres the best place to get this on line,  ------------- im restoring a foiler 21 and need some good advice and guidance as i want to try and do it right thanks |
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Posted By: foiler 21 rescue
Date Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 10:58am
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAkeWQi8r-s this is the boat when it was sailing in the 1990's ------------- im restoring a foiler 21 and need some good advice and guidance as i want to try and do it right thanks |
Posted By: amazsteve
Date Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 12:09pm
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Hi Jason I have two of these in France, rescued from a hedge in UK. One is now fully restored and after three sails we have clocked almost 20 knts. It has amazing acceleration which I suspect is why yours has a big ding in the bow. Hopefully some photos and video in August when we are next these. Any chandlers selsl fibreglass primer and yes keying this in is important Keep in touch as I have lots of questions about this craft steve 07785725029 |
Posted By: amazsteve
Date Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 12:14pm
| by the way ours do not have the deflector at the bottom and if you do not mind spray at 20 knots, the nose shows no sign of pitching down so not necessary |
Posted By: Null
Date Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 12:28pm
| Wow really interesting, please keep us updated with the progress of the restoration. Does the boat need to be re gel coated? Could you not resin the hull and paint it? Probably save a mass of weight! |
Posted By: foiler 21 rescue
Date Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 2:59pm
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thanks for all the comments and so quick to , steve the bow had a bit of stainless protecting the bow{which has now been removed and there no damage on there just the bits of filler that was used to blend in the bow guard } the hull gell coat is badly cracked and this is why i thought it needed to be striped and then gel coated but im up for any help in deciding what to do ------------- im restoring a foiler 21 and need some good advice and guidance as i want to try and do it right thanks |
Posted By: amazsteve
Date Posted: 02 Jul 14 at 4:12pm
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mine had a few bad cracks where the rather overthick gelcoat had cracked away from the glass beneath. The problem is water and air has go under this obviously crack so you need to grind backaround the area before filling |