I had Osmosis on my previous boat and did the job correctly.. as you seem to have done also.. and then applied 4 coats of Coppercoat. One aspect I would be careful with is the area of through hulls.

On my Sharki, blisters were treated in 2012. I have the boat out of the water for general maintenance right now. I'm sanding the bottom and and will be using Copper coat as the bottom paint. That

I have unfortunatelysome experience with Osmosis, in fact two of my previous boats had osmosis. Firsttime I had it treated immediately I saw it. They “gently” sandblasted thebottom and after one

Hi All I have a 1984 maramu Hull# 147. I have noticed that the Backstay adjuster is corroded and starting to develop some cracking. (Not good as it is only a matter of time before it will

Thank you Bill.

Hello Chris, I toyed with similar ideas to yours for the dining table but as Bill said, you would be better off with good cockpit cushions. A friend owned an SM; he and his squeeze always slept in

Thanks Chris......

Interesting.....I hadn't thought of this at all. I will definitely look into it. Bob

Thanks again. The liquid that came out did seem very caustic. Bob

I'm at the Norsand boat yard and so far have been very happy with their work. The yard manager Peter is the one I've been talking with. There are several boats here going through the process I've

No one posted this problem but I always found it very annoying when I am having my main sail repaired. The foil bangs around in the mast. To alleviate this noise I finally came up with a good

Bill, I'll run that up the mast tonight and see how it flies Chris

As a PS, Wear goggles as the liquid in the blisters is quite caustic. You might want to just grind a small hole in the blister and let it drain and then come back and sand it when it is dry. Fair

Buy a peeler to remove the gel coat for about $500.00 and peel it in two days and apply epoxy in one day. Just need a yard that lets you do your own work. Two kinds of peelers. One thousand dollars

Hi On my Santorin 27 1990 ,a prospective buyer popped a blister! ( Without my permission!) he claimed it was osmosis. The hull has since been treated. Gurus cleverer than me have said you need to

Bob, It could be triue, but I know for a fact that there are some certified crooks in the painting business in NZ. What is the name of the guy who told you this, and the name of the business. Where

Thanks Eric for your reply. I'm thinking of doing the same thing but wanted others opinions. Much appreciated. I may wait until next season in NZ after another 6 months in the tropics. Bob

My previous boat had about 400 blisters. I ground each one down with a dremel tool .I then waited a few weeks , as it was summer and filled all the holes with epoxy putty and faired the hull. I then

I have some small blisters since I purchased me 1985 Maramu 7 years ago. I've always been told that they were small and just cosmetic. This latest haul out in NZ I'm being told that I should have a

Chris, You have not spent many nights on that SM. At some point, the flopping stopped bothering us...We don't even hear it. It is not worth tampering with the table...just my opinion. Bill