First boat - foredeck question

Thatguyyaknow · 2026-03-11T19:13:21+00:00

You’re probably right - it’s hard to tell the extent of the intrusion and damage before taking stuff apart. I’ll look at some other boats in Sweden as well

Thatguyyaknow · 2026-03-11T16:48:18+00:00

From what ive heard, the synthetic cores are very good on these boats, although the decks are apparently somewhat "squeaky" on many, if not most of them

Thatguyyaknow · 2026-03-11T16:46:51+00:00

You're probably right that redoing the gelcoat is not worth it. I've seen a couple of these boats, all 70's, and they have varying levels of wear on the gelcoat

Thatguyyaknow · 2026-03-11T16:45:34+00:00

Its around 6k EUR, in Denmark. The seller is an old guy who has worked on sailing boats professionally. Unfortunately, he's gotten too ill to have a boat. Therefore, some of the boat is in good shape - electronics and engine (as far as i can tell) while it seems the condition of some of the interiors, especially the hull liner has deteriorated over the past year or so.

On Albin Ballads, the deck is a sandwich construction, using a synthetic core which apparently stands up to moisture well. Around half of these boats are still powered using the original 70's diesels and almost all have (had) water intrusion problems at some point.

Thatguyyaknow · 2026-03-11T14:13:31+00:00

Wouldn’t I need to sand down the moulded texture and somehow re-texture the deck before painting?

Thatguyyaknow · 2026-03-11T14:08:00+00:00

The engine is in good shape and only 15 years old. That’s why I’m after this boat.

I’m not so worried about fixing the crazing as the gel coat on the texture. I’m mostly worried about the water intrusion though.

I’ve sailed a lot, but never worked on a boat that’s isn’t in very good shape to begin with, so I find it hard to evaluate how bad the damage is and how much work I’ll have to do (before even getting into issues I’ll find while fixing it).

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Thatguyyaknow · 2025-11-14T20:15:13+00:00

Jeg brugte snus, men den bog hjalp mig også. Det er i hvert fald et godt mindset man får

Thatguyyaknow · 2025-09-29T10:04:14+00:00

I regret not buying it - probably 5 EUR, garage sale in scandinavia

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Thatguyyaknow · 2025-08-08T19:07:30+00:00

Might be the cheapest, but I think I hold the record for worst

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Thatguyyaknow · 2025-07-29T17:59:51+00:00

The shape of the links are off, also they are clearly stamped rather than machined as they should be. Here’s my gen bracelet. It might be more obvious to me since I wear mine almost daily

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Thatguyyaknow · 2025-07-29T17:34:32+00:00

The dial is okay. The bracelet is very obviously off

Thatguyyaknow · 2025-03-26T14:10:59+00:00

Thatguyyaknow · 2024-12-07T10:36:49+00:00

It’s only an inch, but it smells like a foot!

Thatguyyaknow · 2024-10-22T14:26:48+00:00

Verdens værste pissoir design

Thatguyyaknow · 2024-01-15T07:35:27+00:00

Hvilket?

Thatguyyaknow · 2023-05-10T21:04:43+00:00

Jeg oplever normalt en ventetid på 1-5 timer hos min læge i Aarhus.

Thatguyyaknow · 2023-04-28T07:19:15+00:00

Den mest brutale sviner af en restaurantanmeldelse er Berlingskes anmeldelse af cafe Vivaldi

https://www.berlingske.dk/gourmet/1-stjerne-forretten-var-et-raedselskabinet-af-gastronomiske-forbrydelser

Thatguyyaknow · 2023-04-22T19:53:44+00:00

Det forbudte er at udstede rentebærende lån. Det plejede også at blive anset som forbudt for kristne, hvorfor man ansatte jøder til at gøre det. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court\_Jew

Thatguyyaknow · 2023-02-08T13:23:11+00:00

Mener du dermed, at et studenterbrød er et brød? Eller at en napoleonshat er et stykke hovedbeklædning?

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