Hello to all. Some of you may remember my posts about seeking advice on delam repair. Well, after a successful delam repair on one deck(starbord) I now have one on the port hull interior
This was realized after a several fun filled hours of flying hulls across the lake in shifty winds from 10-20mph. I was having a great time after jonsing for a good sail for about a year, after fixing what I thought was the only problem with my boat here arises another. I was flying a hull when suddenly I couldn't recover and capsized. Not a biggie I thought, I had righted the boat several times solo before. Didn't go so well today. Somehow during the capsize I managed to put a small tear in my new wetsuit, first time worn
Then when I scurried onto the hull to right the boat I heard the dreaded crunching. I'm afraid it may be a pretty large soft spot, it felt like I was going to go through the hull. After a breif bit of dissapointment I tried to focus on getting the boat over. Couldn't do it. I don't know exactly what the problem was but after sailing for about 11 hours over the course of two days I think I can blame it on exhaustion. With the water being as cold as it was I was naturally the only boat on the water. So instead of getting the tow of shame I got the blow in of shame. I wasn't too far from shore and the wind was cooporating so I let it blow me in while several onlookers watched me from their docks, with winterized boats on the lifts.
Once I got to water where I could stand I got her over. Needless to say, it turned a great day into a not so great one. Too make matters worse, I lost the two cold beers I had with me during the capsize and had to pack up without refreshment.
So what do you guys/gals think? Should I continue to try and inject epoxy all over my hulls or look for other options? I'm a broke fresh out of college guy with plenty of student loans. I've been scrounging money just to do the repairs. I"m afraid that it may be worse than it seems.
And do any of you know a way that I can fix the rip in my wetsuit, it's only about the size of a dime and it didn't go all the way through, mostly just the outer fabric with a little of the neoprene?