[Rhodes22-list] Hit by a car, can my rhodes be saved?

[John Shulick]

Rummy, 

 Perhaps you missed the part where I stressed this is NOT A JOB FOR THE NON
HANDY perhaps this attachment will give you a better perspective on what I
mean
http://old.nabble.com/file/p28687329/SiDidieravaitunmarteau.wmv
SiDidieravaitunmarteau.wmv 

Happy sailing
John S


R22RumRunner wrote:
> 
> Alex,
> Bummer is the only word that comes to mind. I've read all the posts  
> offering advice and some on right on and others are totally off the wall.
> A good  
> auto body shop that has experience with Corvettes might be a good way to
> go 
> if  you don't have a good marina near by that does that kind of work. 
> Fiberglass is light, strong and easily repaired and reinforced during the  
> repair. A little research on your part and you might attempt the repairs  
> yourself. DO NOT SEPERATE THE HULL HALVES. Totally not necessary. Also,
> the  
> insurance company might be able to direct you to a good repair shop.
> This is totally repairable and worth doing.
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 5/25/2010 9:42:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> alex at brightrhino.com writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This week I was going to start work restoring my rhodes  22, but Saturday 
> at 4:30 AM there arose a problem. My wife and I were awoken  to the sound
> of 
> an explosion, we looked out our window and saw a car driving  on our lawn.
> A 
> man fell asleep at the wheel, and drove his honda civic through  our
> fence, 
> smashing into, then going under our boat on the trailer. The boat  was 
> still tightly strapped to the dual-axle trailer with 10k pound straps. He 
> was 
> still going so fast after the collision, he demolished two more fences,  
> throwing the heavy, trex fencing 20 or 30 feet. The hull has three or
> fours  
> cracks near the transom. I have to get an estimate for repairs, but we  
> recently moved to CT and I don't know any repair shops in the area.  
> 
> What do you think are the chances of getting this repaired? I may be  able 
> to grind and epoxy myself, but I don't know if I will be able to get 
> access 
> to the inner hull.
> 
> Here are some pics of the  damage:
> 
> Amazingly, the driver was unhurt, and left the car before the  police 
> arrived.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex
> 
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