Black ‘N Blue II
An absolutely pristine 1969 Mandella long deck.
This boat has not been restored.
She is 100% original and has had the same owner for the last 48 years!
As you can see it is immaculate inside and out.
Word is power comes from a rather large custom built Chevy.
But, the reason she’s here at “EIM” is to have her bottom blueprinted.
So over she goes.
After sounding & visual inspection a large blister was located on the starboard side.
After opening an exploratory hole we found a large void between the core and the exterior layers of glass.
The voids appear to run roughly 18 to 24 inches fore & aft of the blister.
Several large blisters needed to be excavated before being built back up with multiple layers of cloth reinforcement and vinyl ester resin.
Then a vinyl ester filler is applied and cut down with a longboard and 36 grit
Next we applied 3 wet coats of gelcoat then cut that down with a long board and 80 grit.
Now that she’s fair and true we’ll wash, tape and bag her up for the final coat .
Finally we sprayed a gallon of graphite infused gelcoat on and burnished it to 320 grit .
