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I think we can all agree that you had a very good excuse.

It sounds like you are recovering well and I hope you are out on the water soon. We look forward to following your progress (both you and the boat).

Bill

Wow! Sorry to hear of your heart issues!

Please, no apologies for falling off the radar. Take it super easy and get well soon.

Glad to hear you are still at it. Get strong, be well.

Post when you can. Browse this forum. We have 20 years of posts and experience.

Again, be healthy and get back to your normal self.

Hi TrailerTrash!

OMG! Glad you’re alright!
That must have been scary! It would have been for me!!!

Take it easy and heal up!
We’re all in this together. We’re pulling fer ya!

Best Regards,
Over Easy

Hope you are better soon! Glad to see you’re feeling good enough to tinker some!

Jimmyt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 4:48 am Hope you are better soon! Glad to see you’re feeling good enough to tinker some!

Once they opened up the pipes, it is amazing how well I feel. I was telling my wife.... I should have heart attacks more often.

I stripped down the daggerboard yesterday to raw glass. It took a hit on the leading edge, and the rear seam split open. I drilled some holes along the trailing edge, and I'm going to stuff some chopped strand in there, quickly seal it up on the outside with some resin, and then pour some inside so that that rear edge is solid. Then I have some 1708, I'll wrap the entire blade with the seam on the front edge. That should keep it until I run it into something.

Don’t forget that somewhere down there on the bottom of that dagger board are holes so that it can fill with water and sink. You don’t want to cover them up or seal them while doing you repair or it will float back up into the trunk

Maraquita wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:03 pm Don’t forget that somewhere down there on the bottom of that dagger board are holes so that it can fill with water and sink. You don’t want to cover them up or seal them while doing you repair or it will float back up into the trunk

Yes...I opened them up some. That might add some turbulence, but I doubt enough to matter.











I taped that read edge and I have 24 ounces of resin curing inside that rear edge in this picture.

TrailerTrash wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 6:52 am I was telling my wife.... I should have heart attacks more often.

Here's to hoping she didn't agree.

Stickinthemud57 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:47 pm

TrailerTrash wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 6:52 am I was telling my wife.... I should have heart attacks more often.

Here's to hoping she didn't agree.

LOL.... I'm sure there were times when I've given her reason to entertain that idea, but nope, we've a great marriage.

Hi TrailerTrash!

Looks like you’re going along well with your keel refurbishment!
How were you able to clean out the interior surfaces before applying the resin fill?

Best Regards,
Over Easy

Originally, I was going to grind it out and get all crazy but I looked at how it broke (all jagged) and didn't see the need. I folded some chopped strand and then poured resin in through the holes I drilled. I taped the rear edge with painters tape and that worked perfectly. I think it is already stronger than stock, but I'm going to lay some more glass externally just to make sure.

Hi TrailerTrash!

That sounds like an excellent process!
Yes, you’re gonna have a better than new keel!

Best Regards,
Over Easy

Hey Trailer Trash, I enjoyed reading this thread as I purchased a 26D last week which will go through many mods and restorations as well. I will keep following your progress. Hope your recovery is going well.

Crusingpugetsound wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:37 am Hey Trailer Trash, I enjoyed reading this thread as I purchased a 26D last week which will go through many mods and restorations as well. I will keep following your progress. Hope your recovery is going well.

Hey... we are neighbors too. Congrats on the 26D purchase!

I managed to get the flu this week, so I'm feeling a bit like expecting the locust plague next week. But I still managed to get another layer of resin on the daggerboard and glassed up the holes I drilled.