My dad gave me his Ty. She sat, neglected, on a homemade cradle for a long time, and is in need of serious repair.
She is now sitting pretty on a triad trailer, and my goal is to get her in the water this summer. I'm a grad student, and don't have much $$ to work with unfortunately.
My biggest concern at the moment are these deformations in the hull caused by the uneven and heavy load the hull was under while sitting on the trailer. I've seen some suggestions such as in this thread:
http://www.capedory.org/board/viewtopic ... hull#p5620
but the prognosis offered seems dire!
I've heard people say that the fiberglass could 'relax' and resume its original form, but that seems unlikely to me. I've had her sitting on her new Triad trailer for a few months now, supported laterally by only the two bow poppets, praying that the hull will return to original shape, but no luck
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
My thoughts now turn to some sort of compressed member to push the hull back into shape, and reinforce it there.
I'm imagining something that braces against the hull and the cockpit seat? something that functions like the turnbuckles pictured below, but with a large pad that goes against the hull, and I guess something to hold it in place against the underside of the cockpit bench? Does that sound like a horrible idea? Any and all ideas appreciated.
-Steve