[alberg30] Re: DECK SPRING

[Robert Kirk]

From: Robert Kirk <kirk at neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov>

At 10:14 23-10-98 -0400, George Dinwiddie wrote:
>
>Stiff as a brick?  Maybe not.  But it's quite possible to have 
>delamination that you can't hear.  I found an area in my deck
>where the balsa blocks were not well bonded with the upper
>laminate.  They had a slight "cup" and were mostly bonded 
>only along the edges.  This area sounded good, but I found
>it when I was grinding a nearby area that did not sound 
>good.  I took off the top laminate and reglassed this area,
>but I kept the original balsa core (which was dry).
>

I understand that the older boats (like mine) were cored
with plain old masonite pegboard instated of the later
balsa. I can't verify since I've had no problems (knock
wood, er... masonite). But why the pegboard? Is it
better or worse than the balsa or foam? Is it more or
less exrensive in area than the later coring?

Bob Kirk
Isobar #181

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