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New photos added today of work completed thus far. Mike,
I included a photo of the hatch. The previous owner rebuilt it using some original parts. Later I will sand the white paint and varnish it. I have almost finished sanding the bottom. Tomorrow I plan to finish opening the blisters. I will likely buy a heat gun to try to speed the drying of the laminate. My moisture gauge shows the areas of the open blisters at 12% while the rest of the hull shows 7%.I took a close up of the hole in the keel showing the large void in the laminate that likely contributed to the blister breeching the interior. I plan to fill the void that remains with closed cell foam at the same time I fill the cavity in the keel. With any luck I will have her back int he water next week.
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Found that NADA has a retail value assigned to Dickersons made from 1977 forward. A link is below.
Update: I am still working on the blisters. The moisture meter readings finally dropped to less than 5%. I have started laminating new glass into the larger cavities. I’ll add new photos tomorrow morning. During the course of this project I discovered that the stern area of the keel and the bow have the larger voids that ultimately became blisters. The largest problem area was the bow just below the water line. What started as the excavation of a small blister grew to a length of 25 inches. That area contained a run of roving that was never saturated when the boat was built. I kept grinding until I reached dry solid laminate. I don’t know if this is a problem specific to my boat of whether they had difficulty wetting out the roving in this area of other hulls. Glass Dickerson owners might want to sound their hulls in those areas next haul out.
Sounds like quite the fiberglass project. I’ve not found any “dry” spots in the glass but…I’ve not looked too closely, either. Might take a look as I progress with other projects. But now I’m almost afraid to look…….perhaps they had a “bad” day when they laminated your hull…..
I have some photos of the hatch hardware used to hold down the main hatch. Pretty simple. 1/8 inch bronze plate on spacers. 3 1/2″ X 1 1/2 inch wide. The plate runs under the long brass plate on the main hatch logs – Kinda like little slides. These screw into the cross members on the hatch. I’ll send you a couple photos..I just finished re-varnishing the hatch..
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