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Is this the right thread to ask about fixing up an old plywood mirror dinghy? It's been sat in a dry garage for almost 20 years but before that got left outside for a winter and filled with water, which caused the trailer supports to push up into the bottom of the hull a bit. The upper mast has also split a bit along what looks like a glue line. Other than that the sails are all in good condition, the lines feel solid and nothing sounds rotten when I tap it.   I think at the very least I need to strip the hull paint and varnish off so I can actually check the underlying wood.
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Hadlock posted:Hot take: get some El cheapo white latex paint from the "returns" shelf at your local megastore to patch up the largest scratches and take it to the local lake and go row it 500 ft away from shore and back again and see if it leaks more than 5 gallons of water (see thread title) and from where I'm fairly sure there are no proper leaks because it got left outside last week while we were doing some work in the shed and I had to bail an entire boatful of rainwater out after. The other problem is I currently have no way of getting it to water. The Skoda in the background doesn't have a tow hook and getting one fitted is more than I can really justify spending right now, and my other car is electric and not rated for towing at all. So stripping paint is easier than begging friends or family to tow me to a lake.
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