Not sure what your cockpit looks like. Pretty much that same panel showed rot on my 35-1. The cause was poor caulk under the coaming of the port cockpit locker. Your LF38 may be made differently.
I like Rick's suggestion about an access port. Failing that, best option might involve scarfing in a new section. Dennis C. On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Patrick Davin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > So I'm doing a lot of projects lately, and was majorly bummed out to find > the wall between the engine compartment and the lower foot of the port aft > quarterberth has some significant rot. Frustrated because lately it feels > like every project I fix, I find a new one. And this will be a big one. > > Please see pictures here: > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxfHpwssU_6NNVBhbXpEZnhkUE0&usp=sharing > > As they say, pictures are worth a thousand words. It's a 2-3 foot section > of the port engine compartment wall, abutting the storage compartments > under the port quarterberth. > > One thing I'm perplexed on is - how did this happen? There are no leaks > dripping onto this area as far as I can tell. The cockpit is above this and > it doesn't have any major penetrations on this side. And the top of the > bulkhead is solid. Normally when wood rots I expect it to start from the > top, where the leak is. > > The only clue I have is this bulkhead had two cuts / gaps in the bottom > (probably to run wires through) and that's where the rot seems to have > spread out from. So maybe the moisture got in through the exposed grain at > the cut? There is high humidity in the engine compartment due to > inevitable moisture in there. But also the rot is right behind the > batteries (house #1 + starter), which I find suspicious. Is it possible the > gel cells outgassing actually caused the damage somehow? > > From the pictures do you think this might be "dry rot"? (a particularly > evil kind of rot which apparently spreads by fungus even without an active > water leak anymore) > > If it's spreading I want to cut out the bad portion of the bulkhead and > glass in new wood asap. If it's not spreading I can put it off, or even > ignore it since it's not structural. I could even just paint over it with > new waterproof marine paint? If I have to cut it out, access will be > tough - it's in the engine space, I'll have to remove the batteries, some > wiring, and probably the exhaust lift riser, and the panel that covers the > aft quarterberth storage compartments. > > The other thing is I can't even tell what kind of wood this was > originally. It doesn't seem as strong as marine plywood or the wood used in > other bulkheads. The bad wood seems sort of grey / bluish colored - I'm not > sure if that's from the flaked off white paint or what. > > The other option is trying Git Rot injected into holes drilled into it. > http://www.boatlife.com/git-rot/ > > At this point mainly wondering if any of you have experience with this > issue, particularly in this area (non-structural, between engine > compartment and aft qtrberth storage compartments) or how something like > this can happen (rotting from the bottom up rather than top down)? > > -Patrick > 1984 C&C LF38 > Seattle, WA > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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