[Alberg30] Help- Tin Canning Bow

[John Birch]

So the sheer clamp has failed - that explains your oil canning - there was no top plate (formed by the deck connection) to prevent it. Has the hull delaminated as well or are the glass layers solidly bound to each other in the vertical plain?

John
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RReitz6289 at aol.com 
  To: Public-list at alberg30.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:18 PM
  Subject: [Alberg30] Help- Tin Canning Bow


  While placing my Friend " Dances With Waves " #457, on the hard for the winter. The yard master discovered, and I conformed, that the forward part of the port bow is seperating from the deck. The toe rail is about 1/2 to 3/4 inches above the deck. The area had been filled with caulk which is now drying and falling out. I can oil can the top section of the hull about 1/4 inch, for a distance of from 6 inches aft of the bow for a distance of about 30 to 36 inches. To eliminate the possibility of water entering between the toe rail and the hull, and possibly freezing over the winter, I have covered the area with plastic and duct tape
  My thoughts are that I will have to remove the toe rail, scrape away all caulking, press the hull against the inner hull and fasten it to the deck in some manner, probably screwing, then covering the area with fibreglas and epoxy, finishing the job by reseating the toe rail.

  Has anyone had a similar problem? How did they  ahndle it ? What does the group feel about my solution? Can anyone think of problems I might encounter? I am wide open to suggestions.

  Thank you,
  Ralph Reitz
  Dances With Waves #457
  Sea Bright New Jersey 
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