Old mk1 16 keel and interior stuff

[geeman]

The photos of the overhead in the cabin do look like cracks to me.  If you stand on the deck, can you feel it flex under your feet?  It shouldn't have much (if any) give. 

[Sailor]

Yes a little. Not tons. I'm hefty too so that doesn't help. But the one that bothers me is right along the bottom corner of the cockpit sole facing the quarter berth. That one is going to be trouble sometime. Can I fix them?
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[geeman]

Yep.  That's the cool thing about fiberglass.  There are a lot of youtubes that deal with making repairs but in short, you grind a bevel, lay in layers of cloth and resin and then finish with thickened resin.  Epoxy resin is the way to go.  Not really sure from your description exactly where the crack is that your describing, but it can be fixed.

[Sailor]

The cracks in those pictures seem non structural to me that's why I included the one with the glare on the cockpit ceiling looking out of the companionway. The irregular shape is the"foamy" stuff the cracks are in on the inside. The Hull sides don't have this layer, and you can plainly see the fiberglas fabric pattern there. But on the bottom of the decks there is this other layer. Yours has the same fabric pattern on the cabin ceiling geeman?
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[geeman]

Yeah.  The overhead is smoother, but still looks textured.  If you look up at the underside of the footwell it is more like unfinished fiberglass with just a coat of paint on it - mine is grey, but I have no idea if that is original.

[Sailor]

Interesting. The Deck doesn't really feel bouncy or damaged on mine. Almost no give, those cracks in the picture are in a layer of something I think someone must have added. It's not hard, like the glass on the Hull sides. Interesting stuff.
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