[Alberg30] Deck Coring

[Brian and Elaine Timmins]

I did the foredeck on Free Spirit (#497), when I bought her using method 1. She was in a boat house at the time. I drilled about 1400 holes in the foredeck in November and ran 2 alcohol heaters under the foredeck for about 3 months to dry out the core. Iwas able to check the core periodically by digging out a bit through the holes using an allen wrench. Once it was fairly dry, I injected West System Epoxy to fill the deck. (if you do this, I suggest using unthickened epoxy      It's easier to get it to flow into the voids).
  As of this spring when I sold her, the job was standing up really nicely.
Regards,
Brian
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: C.B. Currier 
  To: public-list at alberg30.org 
  Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:48 AM
  Subject: [Alberg30] Deck Coring


  One of my boats Daybreak #458 has evidently had severe deck core rotting to the point where It should be repaired(extreme spongieness/flexing of deck).  I have been evaluating this for the past year and have not really come up with a decisive direction to move in. It is a shame since the actual majority of the deck looks good. I mean - the deck flexes on the foredeck appreciably and in the stern. No flex on top of the cabin or along the rail port & starboard.

  I know that the two options really open to me are as follows:

  1. drill, rout, fill w/epoxy-microfibers compound all over the place

  2. Cut off the deck secion by section, put new core (foam: which type ?) epoxy in, glass over - apply noskid

  the Question:
      is #1 a good reliable cheap way of doing this repair, regardless of the issue of leaving the old rotten remains of the core ? Has any one done this job lets say in the past ten years and had poor results? How about good results?

      If I go with # 2 which foam and glass should I use, how thick? I am already resolved to using MAAS epoxy so the other details are more important to me. 

  Thanks for any input you have.

  C.B. Currier
  Infinity #57
  Daybreak #458
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