Hi David, Your problem looks cosmetic but you may have rot caused by fungus. Checkout this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P9Br1DoL_A
The first thing is to stop water, then spray with Concrobium fungicide spray from Home Depot, then repair. Chuck > On 01/10/2021 12:14 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Hi David, > > Never saw that before but suspect water leaked through the gap between > your slider and drop boards. Some kind of bug may be eating the teak. Have > you observed any strange mites or spiders in that area? > > I'd spray with a good bug spray for insects, cut away any loose stuff, > treat w Git Rot and cover with a very thin piece of teak trim. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3dKSkPwP2M > > > Chuck > > > > > On 01/10/2021 11:43 AM David Knecht via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > > > I discovered last Fall that I had an area of the side paneling near > > the top of the companionway steps where the wood panel is completely rotted > > away. I had not noticed anything until I noticed the hole. I don’t think > > water has been leaking through there since I have had the boat, but it is a > > strange place for a leak to cause this and I never noticed any wet areas > > inside the boat. However it happened, I don’t have any good ideas as to > > how to repair it (if I repair it at all). Any suggestions as to what to > > do? Thanks- Dave > > > > Link to photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CzXqxSqMrtpqPF6RA > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/CzXqxSqMrtpqPF6RA > > > > S/V Aries > > 1990 C&C 34+ > > New London, CT > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > > - Stu > > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
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