This old Outrage

[bkebs]

So, nobody bought my old outrage. I have decided to just keep paddling the old girl, so I pulled all the outfitting out and plan to repair her. There is a good crack right in front of where the saddle was and where the anchor point for the straps was. It has some rotten foam inside, so I was planning on scraping it out and filling the area with gorilla glue.

I am thinking about glassing the inside since I need to strengthen the cracked area. Should I sand it down through the vinyl before glassing? Also, I think I am going to go ahead and glass in the anchors so I can stop messing with glueing them in over and over. I will also be glassing some spots on the bottom of the hull.

Thoughts?

[greybear]

I would try stabilizing around the saddle area first. I would make a bulkhead for your knees and take out the straps. This would take the pulling pressure off the hull some and extend the life of the boat. I would also dynel on the bottom under the saddle with gflex. The downside this will add weight.

[Jim Michaud]

Remove all of the outfitting, repair the canoe, then reinstall the outfitting 180° so that the stern is now the bow.