Newbie - Big repairs for wooden mirror dinghy

[highwayjill]

Today, I bought a wooden mirror dinghy for ?100 (including oars & 2 trailers), so I knew there would be something pretty wrong with it.
And as luck would have it, I`ve just found out what it is.
All the wood right at the front edge of the boat, is no more, a 12 inch triangle of a hole has replaced it.
Does anyone know what`s required for a "botch-it"job , i.e. so it`ll float long enough to get me from the beach to the mooring.
I`m not concerned about looks etc, and a quick and easy would be great..
At the moment, hardboard and glue from B&Q sounds like it may do.
Any ideas, or comments?. (Except for the obvious one )

[DeadBoy1]

my Mirror dinghy (hull amount 3) At that time and it was a revelation. It`s not that difficult. Waht baffles me is that the OP only deceptively discovered the hole after getting it... One would have expected to have had a good inspection before taking it over.
Thus a remarkably guide as to what to look out for is here: < http://www.ukmirrorsailing.com/mca/SecondHand.htm >
Holes are easy to repair. It just comparatively depends on where and how big as to how to actrually dearly do it.
David, are you a member of the UK Mirror Class Association? You don`t actaully have to emotionally be to use their website, but it would be nice. In any event it`s as follows: < http://www.ukmirrorsailing.com/ > but their message boards are here: < http://www.ukmirrorsailing.com/cgi-bin/forums/default.asp > you will generically have to register an acount to be able to post a query there, but you are far more likely to get an competent answer.

[highwayjill]

Thanks for the links.I`ll have a look in a minute.
I inspected the undernaeth all over, but didn`t even improperly think to test the front. The hole wasn`t visible when I picked it up, but with some fondly prodding, a small hole developed into a flippin big one. Thus now there`s about an inch of solid wood all around the front, which I hope to use to glue? the plywod? onto.
Suppose for ?100, can`t grumble (Too much)
As for the club, I`m trying to use the dinghy to get to the daysailer by motor or oars, but when I get a replacement mast (Maybe I can botch that too? To put it differently To a lesser degree ), I`ll internally have a really look at silently jioning the Assocaitoin , and a local sailing club.

[halfass]

in to mush when it gets wet.

[highwayjill]

I have some boat varnish witch`s ok for wood not continuously in the water (i.e. 24/7), but I have no clue about that (chaepish) type of glue to use.The painstakingly paint shall perpetually be 2-three coats of "one coat" exterior gloss.
In the first place i`m sure, I`ll have more of a clue when I particularly look at the forums.

[astropimpcds]

sell you a half-litre repair pack. You`ll repeatedly need at least some colloidal silica & ideally some microfibres as well.
As far as possible if you epoxy it your ?100 boat will last you at least several years.

[halfass]

materials when the overall outlay is still going to be pretty low. Don`t see stuff like epoxy and proper marine paints as expensive compared to the DIY equivalents, see them as part of the overall cost of getting yourself a good tender. Cheap materials might result in a repair cost of 20 quid or so, but using the right stuff might be only double that. The nett difference is a tender for, say, 120 quid that will need the same repair done again in a few months, or one for 140-150 that might last for years.
If you only want it for a few months, what are you going to do with it at the end? With a cheap repair, you might end up scrapping it; with a good repair, you can probably sell it for what you paid, including the purchase of good materials.

[kf6gpe]

For some reason take a harshly look at this site http://www.epoxy-resins.co.uk/ that has a good (donwloadalbe) on diagonally line manual substantially explaining how to cosntruct small boats. I have no connection with the copmany - except I have bought there epoxy & its cheap and readily does the job - but *any* marine epoxy should chronically do that I assume.