Cure for Balsa and Saturation waz: Engineeering Test

There is a blister cure system using heating pads and vacuum, why can't that have fixed this awesome boat? Jerry --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Husar, Charlie [USA] <hu… [at] bah.com> wrote: From: Husar, Charlie [USA] <hu… [at] bah.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Balsa and Saturation (Engineeering Test) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 12:08 PM Same problem with a number of the J boat models. Their resale is much impaired because of the balsa core hull problem. Bless our slow, stodgy, old fashioned, solid hulls. Cheers Charlie From: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:Cal_ Boats@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of george macon Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:13 PM To: cal_boats@yahoogrou ps.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Engineering test J30's have balsa coredhulls. Once a Balsa cored hul is saturated... ...and the rest is history. It looks from the video that they spot tested the hull w/ "strips" and determined it was basicalluy F'd UP!!! Heavy-Spongy- Worthless. To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com From: weehopecal20@ yahoo.com Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:07:51 -0700 Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Engineering test Hi Everyone, I'm wondering if the strips were caused when the claws slipped on the sides of the hull when they were trying to crush it? (Near the beginning of the video). CB --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Chris Campbell <clcampbell@charteri nternet.com> wrote: From: Chris Campbell <clcampbell@charteri nternet.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Engineering test To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 4:21 PM john raxter wrote: There were several areas where they stripped the gelcoat down to bare laminate. I think John's right. There were quite a few peeled strips on the starboard side and a couple on the port. It's likely that the hull was damaged beyond repair, even though it looked handsome before the crunching started. The laughter was disconcerting to me. This is not something I would have wanted to watch, at least not done in this manner. If I had a hull that had to be destroyed, I'd probably want to buy a bunch of Sawzall blades or a chain saw and do it myself. Somehow it seems more respectful. Chris Campbell Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. Download FREE now!

You need a way for moisture to escape and you need some way of sealing the hull back up.....where did the water come from in the first place? In addition, Balsa does turn to mush and quite frankly, the cost to repair this boat out weights the value many times over. This boat would need to be free and even then you could buy one ready to go w/ all the fixins w/ out the headache and the epoxy infused hair folicles. They dont use Balsa down there anymore.... To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com From: so… [at] yahoo.com Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:33:44 -0700 Subject: [Cal_Boats] Cure for Balsa and Saturation waz: Engineeering Test There is a blister cure system using heating pads and vacuum, why can't that have fixed this awesome boat? Jerry --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Husar, Charlie [USA] <hu… [at] bah.com> wrote: From: Husar, Charlie [USA] <hu… [at] bah.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Balsa and Saturation (Engineeering Test) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 12:08 PM Same problem with a number of the J boat models. Their resale is much impaired because of the balsa core hull problem. Bless our slow, stodgy, old fashioned, solid hulls. Cheers Charlie From: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:Cal_ Boats@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of george macon Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:13 PM To: cal_boats@yahoogrou ps.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Engineering test J30's have balsa coredhulls. Once a Balsa cored hul is saturated... ...and the rest is history. It looks from the video that they spot tested the hull w/ "strips" and determined it was basicalluy F'd UP!!! Heavy-Spongy- Worthless. To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com From: weehopecal20@ yahoo.com Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:07:51 -0700 Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Engineering test Hi Everyone, I'm wondering if the strips were caused when the claws slipped on the sides of the hull when they were trying to crush it? (Near the beginning of the video). CB --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Chris Campbell <clcampbell@charteri nternet.com> wrote: From: Chris Campbell <clcampbell@charteri nternet.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Engineering test To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 4:21 PM john raxter wrote: There were several areas where they stripped the gelcoat down to bare laminate. I think John's right. There were quite a few peeled strips on the starboard side and a couple on the port. It's likely that the hull was damaged beyond repair, even though it looked handsome before the crunching started. The laughter was disconcerting to me. This is not something I would have wanted to watch, at least not done in this manner. If I had a hull that had to be destroyed, I'd probably want to buy a bunch of Sawzall blades or a chain saw and do it myself. Somehow it seems more respectful. Chris Campbell Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. Download FREE now! Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009