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GRP Boat Repairs Course

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£850.00

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Mon 07-07-2025, 08:30Boat Building Academy Lyme Regis Fri 11-07-2025, 17:30Boat Building Academy Lyme Regis The Boat Building Academy 4 NightsBBA070725A

Fixing boats, oars, surf boards – All good skills that will travel….


If you love dinghy sailing or surfing then you may find yourself doing GRP repairs or trying to match colours for gel coat dings and repairs. Start with the basics of working safely with polyester-based glass reinforced plastic (GRP) and understand the functions of components (e.g. resin, catalyst, pigments).

Tackle practical hands-on activities from gel coat repairs and colour matching to larger hull repairs requiring temporary moulds and formers. The Boat Building Academy has a dedicated classroom for GRP work with ventilation and there a quite a few polishing and sanding skills that can be done in the courtyard or out on the seafront in the sun.

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  • Working safely with polyester based resins and GRP
  • Understanding mixes, pigments and catalysts
  • Learning how to go from square to round
  • Practical lessons in gel coat repair
  • How to colour match bigger repairs
  • Repairing big holes with formers & temporary moulds
  • Sea breeze in your hair during tea breaks on the seafront!

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