Welcome to the second major rebuild of J30 Hull number 62.
She has had many names including most recently Foghorn, No Spring Chickens, Kite, and originally Sandman in 1979. I met her when she was 4, bought her shortly after her 21st birthday, at now that she's 34, I've decided to keep her for life.
Her first two decades were tough. Racing once or more every week of the summer on Lake Erie. Accumulated battle scars, not all of which were well repaired. Projects underway include:
Repairing a crack in the hull at the tail of the keel
Recoring around both sides of the keel
Complete gelcoat strip of the bottom
Recoring around chain plates and starboard primary
Refinishing the hull and deck
Repowering, planing to solar-electric
Mark, I am just starting a project that looks very much like yours. I have just purchased #281 from an estate and was unable to pull the boat for an inspection prior to purchase, not that that would have stopped me from buying the boat. But when I did pull the boat there was a huge hunk out of the leading edge of the keel. Must have chunked out about 1-1/2" of filler before getting to the metal. That was bad, but then got up into the bilge and see the cracks at the rear. So cutting the floor out seems to be the first step to getting access to do any work. Did you try to save any of the wood floor, or just scrap it out? any other info beyond your post would be appreciated.
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