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Thanks! Hope to test it in a little bigger conditions soon.

Yes, I was worried about sanding through so I put the gel coat on a bit thick and didn’t sand to the smoothest possible finish. Just a couple very small areas near edges shown through.

@@ttrayn1000 step by step preparation!

Thanks Jonathon!

Thanks! I am definitely not going to be hesitant to fix gel coat chips anymore 😸.

@@EpicV10Paddler Thanks! I can wait for it to be done. All the repairs are faired so now it’s “just” the finish coats of gel coat and lots of sanding

@@RoushScott Yes, 6/4 wild very likely be too hot. I have a hooded 5/4 but will only use it for short, cold runs. I usually use a 4/3. Of course there are many variables involved in deciding what wetsuit to use.

@@RoushScott Cool! My friend that paddles OC-1 here in Duluth learned in Hawaii. I hope you can find a canoe and we could paddle some time. There is a club that paddles OC-6 here in Duluth.

@ haha I actually found one on eBay last night located in Chicago and bought it. A Huki V1-B. Stoked!

@@RoushScottWhoa, nice!

@@ttrayn1000 hey I have another question. When you are downwinding are you typically doing one way routes with car drop offs or do you paddle up into the wind and turn about? Or both, depending. Just thinking ahead to how this would work in the Apostle islands area. Just picked up my boat. It's immaculate. Stoked.

@@RoushScott sorry for the delayed reply. Ideally, we set up a shuttle for a one way run. I do out backs when I have no other option but this is limited by the size of conditions as you spend way more time going up wind as opposed to downwind.

Nothing like this but there is a lot of info out there to learn from.

Thanks! I used cabosil for thickening and the carbon is 5.7 oz.

using the gelcoat with the thickener is something I"m going to use the next time around! thanks!

@@joelleker8343Have you done some repairs?

@@ttrayn1000 Over the years I've done a few....Repaired a couple of surfskis with a big tears under the bucket from roof rack wind damage., few sea kayaks that were subjected to road damage when their roof racks came off entirely, i cut out the bucket where my hips fit to tight in 3 surfskis. Thats my greatest hits!. Still working on getting a better final smooth finish though!

@@joelleker8343Yes, the final finish is the part that I am least confident with.

Thanks Rhett!

A guy I know who is an engineer tried to separate deck and hull to repair his. It was not easy to do and he aborted the mission. I believe for him the part he could not separate was where the bottom of the bucket is glued to the center of the hull. There was no easy way to get in there and cut it apart.

I have a little aviation experience, some sailplane projects years ago. That's why I had the clecos on hand. The hole drilling is an interesting tip, I have heard of doing that for glass but didn't think of it for composites.

What about using a fairing compound to gradually merge the high spots with the original level?

What happened to the ski to cause all the damage?

@@zachhandler fairing compound is usually used to fill the low spots, not the high spots. It is not used to bring anything up to the original level, because you still need to gelcoat the repair, so before adding gelcoat the repaired area needs to be slightly lower than the level of the surrounding area. Then gelcoat is added to bring the repaired area up to the original undamaged area. It's actually important to sand a taper on the original gelcoat on the surrounding area down to the un-gelcoated repair to insure a better bond with the new gelcoat. Then slightly overfill the repaired area with gelcoat, allow it to fully cure, then wetsand the new gelcoat down to the original level with successively finer grits. The use of guide coat can be very helpful with this.

@@scottcummins9021 The wind was 2mph. I put the boat on the V-bars without the bungees or bow line, and got in the car to change into my drysuit. A microburst hit, lifting the boat off the V-bars and it landed on the parking lot, separating the hull to deck joint on one side of the bucket.

Thanks for that info, I will definitely keep that in mind. I will also try and feather the edge of the repair as best as I can.

@@paulreavley5900 😹 Good idea! A couple years ago I was paddling the Zen and large tree sized log suddenly appeared coming over the wave in front of me and I had no time to really react. Luckily, it was riding very low in the water and I surfed right up onto it. Of course I became instantly unstable and fell in. It took a bit of effort to get the ski off the log from in the water with the waves and such.

This run was from the McQuade safe Harbor to the Duluth lift bridge.

Paul, the first couple of days after the incident I was pretty down about it. Not just about the heavy damage to the V9 but also because my friend’s OC-1 sustained damage. But if there is one consistent thing about me it is that I like a challenge. Once my mind committed to the repair it has been all go. Now that I have started and are seeing some results I am 98% certain that I will end up with a reliable V9ish ski, although it will be a little heavier, and maybe not as pretty. 😸 I will post an update in a couple days or so.

@@EpicV10Paddler I was using a Malone with Kayak Pro v-bars (the v-bars weren’t the problem). I will go back to adding an extra strap around the vehicle side rails.

@@davidGrainger Yikes. Skis are generally so light and big it doesn’t take much to get them airborne. I am glad you were able to fix the Nelo and it sure helps to have composite experience. Looks like I am gaining a little experience myself.

@@waverideraus4882 Yes, I am making temporary hatches to access the major damage from inside. Separating the hull halves really isn’t feasible as they are also glued together at the stringers and not just the seam.

I am glad you enjoy the videos! They are fun for me to make.

No, that’s the Flex, I have had it a couple of seasons. My other ski is the V9.

Thank you Rhett, you’re a lot to do with the number of runs I got in this year!

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He paul - i have a gopro max with a short battery life. Tim has. Gopro 9 housed inside and external battery case that gives it really long battery life. I paddled the first 9 miles on my own and then tim joined me for the last 7.5 miles.

@@longdeaddude I liked it. The cockpit fit was great and I hadn’t even padded it out fully. I found it a bit less stable than the V9 but it isn’t a big jump, maybe less than the difference I found when going from the Think Zen to the V9? On this run anyway I didn’t have any concerns with stability and I never swam unintentionally. I think it’s a bit more maneuverable than the V9 and I seemed to oversteer a few of times. I definitely noticed the nose release easily several times which was a bit of an eye opener, allowed me to pop over waves and maneuver more easily. A very intriguing ski for me, I would love to get more time in it at some point.

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Thank you! I like the belt leash for several reasons. It doesn’t get under my legs in the cockpit while paddling and it is out of the way on remounts. Another reason is I can’t disconnect the leash near the shore when landing or surfing shore break because of the rocky shoreline. The connection at the stern results in low resistance in surf compared to a leash connection in the cockpit.

@ Thanks very much; makes sense. Can you relate who makes the one you use?

@ meta leash

@@ttrayn1000 Perfect - much appreciated.

Thanks! It sure resulted in some nice swell this morning, wish I hadn’t been working!

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