[alberg30] My boat creeks, among other things

[Joe Tokarz]

From: alberg30 at interactive.net (Joe Tokarz)

Doug: thats an interesting comment, and perhaps the best news I have heard
all week. Frankly, its been a while since I was on the water with the boat.
I don't really remember. My wife says the deck squeaked a little when we
were on the water- of course only when you walk on it.

To me, most of the noise seems to be coming from the area of the deck port
and starboard of the most forward portholes, and then forward to the bow
pulpit. There is no bubbling of the deck, and only slight crazing near the
forward base of the coach roof and then at the stanchion bases and bow
pulpit, now all rebedded.

My original thought was that the deck was flexing and rubbing against the
liner,--maybe the two separated? But I never thought about the cabinets or
anything else. I plan to ignore it also, but it still bugs me.

Thanks;

Joe #499

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> From: Doug Stevens <doug.stevens at sympatico.ca>
> To: alberg30 at onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [alberg30] My boat creeks, among other things
> Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:11 PM
> 
> From: "Doug Stevens" <doug.stevens at sympatico.ca>
> 
> Joe. With respect to your deck you may find the squeak is caused by a
slight
> flexing of the deck which causes it to come in contact with the storage
> cabinets down below. I have a similar problem, although not too
significant
> which I have discovered is the result of the deck coming in contact with
the
> teak which contains dishes etc. in the galley. My solution was to ignore
it.
> I hope yours is as simple as mine to locate and solve. Your hard work
will
> be rewarded the first time you get out on the water, under sail and take
> time to listen to the beautiful sound of silence.
> Doug
> Candy Cane, #583
> PS. Did the deck squeak when the boat was in the water?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Tokarz [mailto:alberg30 at interactive.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:59 PM
> To: Alberg 30 List
> Subject: [alberg30] My boat creeks, among other things
> 
> 
> From: alberg30 at interactive.net (Joe Tokarz)
> 
> So I went down to work on my boat this weekend, and on the way back home 
I
> spent four hours on US 95 reciting "This @#$%^ Boat: a poem of Rage" by
> yours truly.
> 
> [ To see the complete poem go to
> http://userweb.interactive.net/~alberg30/poem.html        ]
> 
> Seems I just can't get much accomplished working on this disaster, what
> with all the hurricanes slapping the east coast, work related bs on the
> weekend, and an ever shrinking "Boat Repair Fund" that the old lady has
> annexed in the name of new bedroom furniture.( I figure by the time I get
> this thing back in the water and attending its first Association
function,
> my great grandson will be commodore.)
> 
> Not only does my boat look haggard and just plain nasty, but the deck
> creeks.
> 
> Whats with the creaking? Is my deck delaminated? Should I care? I've
sealed
> every porthole, every stanchion base, every cleat pad, toe rail, bow
> pulpit, you name it. I doubt the deck is wet. Nothing oozes up when I
drill
> a hole in the deck, and I suspect the deck is just delaminated near the
> cabin base. It doesn't flex a whole lot, just creeks.....
> 
> Should I squirt some resin onto holes into the deck? The creaking never
> ceases to remind me that the deck may not be bulletproof.
> 
> Anyway, just in case you were the only one out there who's boat sucks,
I'm
> here to tell you you're not. I'm thinking about you. Misery loves
company.
> 
> Joe #499
> "One Less Traveled"
> 
> 
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