Flying Scot Floor Recore
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- čas přidán 8. 01. 2022
- Time lapse video of a full floor recore of a 19' Flying Scot sailboat. These boats are cored with balsa and are notorious for the floors becoming soft after water intrusion. About 70% of the floor of this boat was soft after water was able to seep into the core from the keel molding. The top skin was cut out, old balsa removed, new glassed in, then covered with fiberglass and gel coat. Video ends before the gel coat was applied, I must have been sick of dealing with the camera by then. Three coats of gel coat were rolled on, the second was mixed with soft sand. To see photos of the completed floor please visit morichesislandsailing
A major reason this project was successful was due to the help and advice of Flying Scot Inc, Scot Carpenter, and Joe Merton. Most of the materials were purchased from Merton's Fiberglass Supply, and the total cost was around $2000. Thank you to the FSSA, who helped fund the materials for this project through a "Scots in Schools" grant. The project took about 100 hours of labor to complete, not including the research and time procuring materials beforehand.
My compliments on old school grit and effort.
Very Nice! I did the same thing during 2020 on my 1971 Flying Scot. I also had to replace the core for the fore and aft deck. So much work. But worth it. Well done.
Fantastic video, thank you. I have hull 1258 (ca 1968) and need to do a similar repair. Do you happen to have any pics of how you supported the underside of the hull during the process?
Unless you are really, really attached to the boat, I'd scrap it and buy a new one. Resin, balsa etc have more than doubled since I did this, so now it's really expensive just for the materials. The "keel" of the boat was on the ground. I used shims under the areas where i had pulled out the old balsa. But having it supported was the reason I did it in three sections.
Great job. Is that standard poly resin or did you use epoxy resin? And closed cell foam?
All polyester resin from Merton's Fbierglass Supply and balsa.
Can you buy the balsa sections to fit in the contours of the hull, or did you have to make those yourself? I’m thinking about bidding on a Flying Scot in an auction that has rot. But I don’t know where. Could be the whole core.
FS Inc sells balsa blocks (something like 2.x by 5.x inches each) that they use to lay the floor and the deck. They didn't have any available for sale (early 2021) when I needed to do the project, so I used 2ft x 4ft sheets of balsa block scrim. Then I cut those down into small sections that were easier to work with, about 1 ft x 1ft. There is a cloth that holds them together, and then they will take the shape of the hull. After hearing about other people's experience with the blocks, and doing a small area of my bow with the blocks, it seems that using the scrim board is easier and less time consuming, although some may argue it leads to a less solid repair. That being said, my floor seems solid!
Thank you! I ended up getting the boat at the auction and now I will have to repair a section. Your video and reply are very helpful. Thank you!!!
Would you be willing to share the type of epoxy and fiberglass you used?
Hey Nick, i used polyester resin and hull and deck putty from Merton's Fiberglass Supply. The cloth was chopped strand and another thicker cloth, although i can't recall the name of that off the top of my head.
Is there a part 2? Did you re-gel the core?
No part two, guess I got tired of filming. But yes, finished it all off with gel coat.
@@morichesislandsailing5005 really high quality work. I have to do my aft deck this winter
Can you provide a list of supplies and quantity? I'm about to do the same project
Unfortunately I did not do a great job of keeping track. I would recommend calling Merton's Fiberglass Supply. Joe Merton is very helpful, and he can help you estimate the quantities. I would order a bit less than what you think you need, once you get a section done you'll have a good idea of how much more you will need. He is in Massachusetts and ships things out quite quickly. I had to get some resin and balsa from him recently and the cost had doubled since I did this project, I'm sure that's true at any fiberglass supply, so if you're doing the entire floor, I would estimate the cost of materials at around $4k. It's a pretty awful project. It might be cheaper to buy a new boat! Good luck!
@@lukehickling9046 ugh that hurts a bit hahaha fortunately I'm only doing the aft upper deck
@@TheBigNasty1984 Oh nice, that's not so bad. Make sure you flip the boat upside down. If you measure the area joe will be able to give you a good idea of supplies, and just remember that you'll have to replace more than what feels soft
Makes me itchy just to watch! OMG, close-quarters work with fiberglass is so nasty, especially the cutting and grinding of old stuff. Nice job, though! Not many people can handle this kind of work....
Masterpiece! This content desperately needs P-R-O-M-O-S-M.