Well, not so clever - a brand new AHPC Flyer (A Class cat) damaged in a trailer rollover in gale force winds. The whole side panel has been pushed in - you can see the crease just below (above!) the gunwhale.
Here's the challenge; Fix the boat to race condition - i.e. under weight and strong ... The hulls weigh about 17 kg each.
Cutting away the damaged hull left a much larger hole. I used a router carefully set to leave a approx 20-30mm lip on the inner skin to glue the patch to.
The blue tape marks the shape of the patch required. This tape was carefully repeated on the undamaged hull.
I took a mould off the undamaged hull and then laid up the patch using a vaccuum pump. Here's the finished patch (approx 2.5m long):
More to come...
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