Every once in a while you come across something or someone that deserves to be recognized for their work and in this case I want to tell you folks about Jesus Morales of J.M Boat Repair.

Normally I do this work myself; however, time and a place to do the work was not in my favor so I decided to “farm out this part of the re-build project. Jesus came recommended to me form some of the guys at the Mission Bay Yacht Club as the person they use for repairs and detailing their boats. He had worked for Performance Catamaran for a number of years and really knows what he is doing with fiberglass and gel-coat repair. I had contacted him, dropped my boat and picked it up yesterday. When I arrived to pick it up it was hard to believe I was looking at the boat I had dropped off to him a week earlier. I had only asked him to fix a few dings and buff hulls out to get rid of the sticker shine but he went a lot further than that with fairing the hulls, putting new gaskets in the centerboard trunks, and a bunch of other little things that shows he takes pride in his work.

If you want to contact Jesus (Hay-Zus) his cell is 714-905-6057. He lives in Santa Ana and he is willing to travel to you.

Oh! And he is reasonably priced!

I wish I had taken some more before pics, but for reference here is a before, during, and after:

Before:

Ding in hull



Look close and you can see a crease that starts right at about the E and goes all the way to the transom (caused by a fence post – so I was told)



During:

Bottom getting faired with all the little dents and dings getting filled



Close up



And the finished product:

Here is where the ding was in the first pic



The starboard hull

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Port hull

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