I went paddling the River Dee in Wales last weekend with a friend in the front of my boat and to cut along story short we had a few bumps on some rocks that resulted in some damage.
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The worst bit is a rather large crack that seems to have split and pushed the planking out of alignment although the outer skin is remarkably still intact.The crack is about a foot long.
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The planks are out of level by a sixteenth at the most.
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I was thinking I might glue the split and try and pop it/clamp it back into position before rubbing down the inside and patching with cloth and resin but my question is how do I clamp it to push it back into alignment?
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It is too far in to get a clamp to though I have worked out that I may be able to do it with a station shaped piece or pieces of mdf shaped to suit.If anyone has any clever ideas on how to achieve this I would be grateful.
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The next problem is a similar crack that is the same but is still aligned ok.I am guessing it is just a matter of rubbing down and patching with cloth and resin but how do you end up with a level surface after you have added the patching material should I scrape a recess into the damaged area?
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Apart from that we caught the keelband on some rocks too but I think this will just need a bit of patching until I eventually replace the whole length at later date!
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Many Thanks
Alick