Peter Fell recently wrote: "I should point out as well this boat had evidence of re-tabbing of the forward bulkheads in several areas both port and starboard."
This may or may not be significant. I upgraded the tabbing for the forward bulkheads in Touche'. Couple of reasons why I upgraded the tabbing. First, after removing the gelcoat to have a barrier coat done, I saw a very small vertical crack in the skin out coat (matte coat just under the gelcoat). In my opinion, the crack was cosmetic but it lined up with one of the bulkheads under the V-berth. Second, inspection of the bulkhead to hull tabbing revealed thin right angle tabbing. The narrow width of the tabbing most likely created a point load situation under that area. The hull was probably flexing slightly on the bulkhead which created the small crack. The forebody can take some serious pounding in big seas. I added a radius fillet to spread the load. Maybe I was being anal but now when the boat pounds into a wave I feel better. :) During this process, I did find a small bit of delaminated tabbing which got fixed with the re-tabbing process. Lesson for all older model owners, get under your V-berth and inspect the tabbing. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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