When insect or rodent infestation is discovered on a vessel irrespective of the vessel’s size this can present a significant health and potential maintenance nightmare. While no reliable statistics exist, a large percentage of pleasure craft have some form of infestation whether small insects including common household spiders or flies, but in some cases this can include cockroaches, beetles or even rats.
Delamination in short is a state where the layers of GRP material held in a resin matrix become separated from one another. Delamination can also apply to joinery where plywood normally due to moisture will separate about the bonded sheets. Delamination may also apply to where GRP layers loose bonding with underlying core materials such as foam or balsa.
Julian Smith of Hamble Marine Surveys will be making a series of videos over the Winter to highlight common defects found on vessels during surveys. The videos are short, but concise and it is hoped that they will be useful to owners and purchasers. If you have any queries or require the services of Hamble Marine Survey, please feel free in contacting us.
With Winter already here and the weather soon to worsen, a short list of items you may want to think about.
Some interesting images of corrosion noted during recent surveys. Seawater is a very corrosive medium and illustrated very clearly in the following images. All the following vessels were presented for sale and the owners were not aware of the corrosion!