Weekend boat repair...

This last weekend I drove up to see cousin Paola and had the chance to start doing some work on a pair of Mini_Millimeter class boats. They have been sitting for at least a year and needed a good cleaning and some general repair. Minor glass work and paint mostly. Though it was to be a 'good weekend', it was drizzly on Saturday and some sun finally on Sunday. 


The boats had to be flipped and placed on saw horses so we could clean them and fix the hulls. The first one was very heavy, I didn't think it would be so much but it was a struggle. The second was easy, a lot lighter for sure. After checking both, one definitely had a lot of weight in the bow and it sounded solid verses the other that sounded hallow and empty. Either one has foam and water in the bow or there is something else to make it heavy.

We washed both down and scrubbed them clean, one was in very good shape while the other had more damage. Mostly it was confined to the rudders but there were a few cracks and chips that needed filling. The rudders needed to have cracks filled and one had to be re-bolted before glassing. But it was easy to fix and we managed to get all the chips and cracks filled. A little sanding and they will be perfect and ready for paint.

We have talked about painting graphics on them, maybe a dragon on one and a horse on the other or just cool colors. Not sure yet but they are small and it will be easy to paint them in a short time.