I went and removed the tree from my poor boat. Then I gently removed the cover. I tried to massage it back into a boat like shape. With a loud pop, it started to look like a boat again.
A ton of damage, but at least it looks like a boat. Remarkable resilience really.
The before picture
The after pictures
So, the fine folks from Fluidesign will be picking it up on April 20th and taking a shot at repairing it. If they succeed, I now have a great boat name “Phoenix”, or maybe the french version “Fenix”.
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Let’s see what the folks at fluidesign say. I have no idea if this can be repaired or not.
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There are 4 areas or major damage where they will need to cut away and replace the laminate. They seem pretty confident that it can be repaired, but time will tell if the boat runs straight, sets well and is stiff.
They think it will add about 2 pounds to the boat weight, which is ok with me.
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Ouch. 😦 I didn’t see your original post about this till now. I would have cried too!
Fingers crossed about the repair!
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I’m just catching up with your blog. I saw this pic on RI and just cringed but never thought it would be yours. I hope you get it sorted.
FWIW a guy here only strapped his Empacher to the trailer at the back. It folded over and was written off.
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We’ll see what magic the guys at Fluid can do. They seemed confident that it was possible to repair. Since it is not a honeycomb layup, I’ve heard it is a bit simpler to deal with.
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