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Banishing Bottom Blisters
Banishing Bottom Blisters
In the April 2012 issue, Tom Zydler discussed the bottom job he undertook with his wife, Nancy, aboard their “classic plastic” Mason 44, Frances B. In this web extra, Tom explains several additional steps sailors should know if they are faced with bottom blisters aboard their older fiberglass boats. Read more about the bottom job here.
Tom Zydler
In this close-up, the thin inadequate coating of the epoxy barrier coating shows as blue gray at the edges of the blister, which exploded from the osmotic pressure within the laminate.
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