Seam help please!

[Jared]

Hello,

I've recently bought a SIB which needs some work doing to it, which has proved to be much harder than I initially expected!

The boat is a Narwhal MR270, which doesn't help as there isn't much about them online.

The issue is that almost all of the seams have come apart where the glue has somehow come separated. The glue is in a pretty bad state on most of the seams and I can peel them apart with relatively little effort! The main issue is the two seams on the bow of the boat which have come completely apart (picture attached). Any advice on how to fix it? I'm trying to glue it back together with a 2 part PVC adhesive I bought from local chandlers.f

Thanks!
Jared

[dave3235]

Originally Posted by Jared

Hello,

I've recently bought a SIB which needs some work doing to it, which has proved to be much harder than I initially expected!

The boat is a Narwhal MR270, which doesn't help as there isn't much about them online.

The issue is that almost all of the seams have come apart where the glue has somehow come separated. The glue is in a pretty bad state on most of the seams and I can peel them apart with relatively little effort! The main issue is the two seams on the bow of the boat which have come completely apart (picture attached). Any advice on how to fix it? I'm trying to glue it back together with a 2 part PVC adhesive I bought from local chandlers.f

Thanks!
Jared

Hi Jared
Some pics would be helpfull .

[Jared]

Hello, Dave! Opps I thought I managed to add one to the post, obviously not. I just signed up for Flickr, here is the link to the photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/154305726@N08/

[cgoing]

The glue is simply drying out. Very common on glued PVC boats. The problem you will encounter is you fix one area which create a strong section and then a nearby weaker section will fail.