Practical Boat Owner

Gel coat deck repair

Most of us own boats with at least some minor imperfections, but of those flaws, the ones that are self-inflicted are the ones I find most frustrating.

It’s just this scenario with my Swift 18, . A few years ago I was refitting the forward headlining panels following an internal wiring job and picked up two slightly longer screws from the tray. As I refitted the panel with an impact driver I felt the screw bite into the inner moulding, the balsa deck

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