Martin, I’m planning on taking on my boat this summer the same job as you have undertaken.
This is just a general question but I’m wondering about what I may expect to find when I get started. My question is this: When you pull the deck hardware and find areas that need to fixed that have wet core, is it a matter of “large” areas of wet surrounding the hole or is it generally just confined to local intrusion around the bolt holes? Meaning I guess, are you going in a removing wet core within reach of the original hardware bolt hole or are you cutting up the top layer of deck and going in and replacing the core? And as follow-on, is the balsa rotten or is it “merely” wet”? As I said, I say that because I’m wondering how much of the deck fiberglass I can expect to cut out and replace. I’m prepared for the worst... Your observations would be welcome. Best, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit On Apr 21, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> wrote: > Jimmy, > > Thanks for the info based on your Bruckmann built Redline. I will discuss > the hatch conversion idea with Calypso’s co-owner but I expect we will keep > the teak dorade boxes. One of our goals is to keep the boat mostly looking > like it was when launched, just a little updated here and there. > > > have you decided on deck treatment?< > > I am planning to test Kiwi Grip (light gray) and EZPoxy 2 (color similar to > the original off white) on a cockpit hatch. I will be testing for how the > paint applies with brush or roll/tip and how the Kiwi Grip looks/feels. If > the light grey non-skid area looks out of place we will stick with the > existing all off white and use a custom color mix of Kiwi Grip or similar > non-skid coating. > > The original teak foredeck hatch was converted to a A&H 36”x36” back in the > early 80’s. The mid and head A&H hatches were original from 1970. All three > opening A&H hatches were sent to Hammerhead for refirb. I will report back > on how they look when the 90lbs of hatches and packaging arrive back next > week. > > By the time we are finished over 200 holes in the deck will have been drilled > out and refilled with epoxy. Some work days we have found more old holes > that were painted over than we filled. Must be each past owner moved deck > hardware around several times. Most of the old polyester based filler > (“bondo”) is failing and allows water to seep by. All deck hardware is being > removed to inspect for water intrusion. Most areas checked so far have some > amount of wet or damaged core. We are getting faster at repairing and > sealing the areas. High load areas will be rebuilt with epoxy and glass so > no further water damage will occur. > > The interior will be sanded or stripped (it is painted Herreshoff style, > white with teak trim) then repainted with white Brightside. If time allows > we will rebuilt the “stick built” sole supports. After decades of racing and > cruising, crew weight upon the floorboards causes enough creaking to be quite > annoying when someone does a middle of the night anchor check. > > Martin > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > > <image001.png> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy Kelly > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 5:47 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List dorade box fastening > > have 1968 redline 41 by bruckmann mfg....removed dorades..,back in early > 80s....were fastened from below as well as from inside boxes...also > glassed....within box....were not designed to be removed......had to have > yard ..cut them off...instead of new dorades went with aluminium 14 by 8 > inch hatches...alternated which way opened....one of best changes > made....especially when in hot climates....30 yrs later..lewmar hatches still > in great shape....also less teak to maintain...with way yard installed > hatches ... length wise parallel to boat centerline....at least 2 can be > open depending on direction of wave spray...have really worked well....also > look great...not what had in mind when project started...later replaced teak > hatches with lewmar aluminium hatches..no more leaks when teak wood dried out > in hot summer sun.....good luck on your project....have you decided on deck > treatment? > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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