Tayana VANCOUVER 42, Руководство по эксплуатации и обслуживанию

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CHAPTER V
MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
Maintenance of your yacht is covered in literally hundreds of books, magazine articles and
manufacturer’s instruction books and manuals. This manual can not even list all of these resources
because new and better resources are printed almost daily. It is the responsibility of the owner to
search out the technical world and find those specific instructions and procedures with which the
owner feels comfortable. This chapter hopefully will provide the basis for proper maintenance
procedures and routines that will keep the yacht in good condition. Few persons today are under any
illusion that a fiberglass yacht is “maintenance free”. As a matter of fact, from the standpoint of
cosmetics alone, a fiberglass hull requires nearly as much time to care for as a wooden hull of similar
size. Washing, waxing, and touching up little nicks and scrapes are time consuming and demanding
tasks which must be done consistently, if the yacht is to retain its new look.
The advantages of fiberglass lies in areas other than cosmetics - strength, for example. Fiberglass
reinforced plastics (FRP) are among the strongest boat building materials ever developed. Even a
moderately well built FRP yacht will be stronger and more endurable than the best wooden built a
few decades ago. In addition, fiberglass is impervious to most of the ills that can be disastrous in
other materials: it doesn’t oxidize like steel; it isn’t affected by electrolysis like aluminum; it doesn’t
rot like wood; and it is not affected by a variety of sea life, such as worms. While it can be damaged
by physical impact and the resin will burn, neglect of surface damage generally does not result in
more serious deterioration, as it would in a steel or wooden hull.
A. Hull
Normal periodic maintenance consists of waxing the hull with any of several good fiberglass or
automobile waxes on the market today. Waxing should be done from the shear down to and
including the waterline stripe. Wax should not be put over the bottom paint that may be at or
above the normal trim waterline of the yacht. If the gelcoat is older and wax doesn’t seem to
accomplish renewing the appearance, there are some newer fiberglass finish restorers on the
market such as “New Glass” or “Polyglas”. These products may be a problem if you ever want to
paint the fiberglass.
Note: From several of our dealers comes the advice that boats need to be hauled regularly in order
that they may dry out. This is especially true of boats in fresh water as it is more soluble.
Generally, if customers purchase a boat with a white hull, little dings and scrapes do not show
up as badly as they do on a colored hull and one is not under as much pressure to make immediate
repairs. Scrapes and scratches in white gelcoat are relatively easy to repair. There are several
gelcoat repair kits on the market which will do a fine job, if the directions are followed closely.
TaYang has provided a package of gelcoat when new. Bigger gouges can be filled with either
polyester or epoxy putties before the gelcoat repair system is used. Colored gelcoat presents the
additional problem of color matching. Again, there are several systems on the market that will
make it possible to match the original gelcoat color. Remember that dark colors tend to be hotter
in the tropics.