[Alberg30] Cockpit Floor / Hull Renovation

[sousa, stephen (ENG)]

Randy,

In my opinion if you spend the time and pain removing the thru hulls, I
would replace them with new product. At least you know what you have when
the job is complete. I removed a number of thru hulls by applying a little
heat to the thru hull and the fitting fell out of the hull. I replaced the
fittings with ball valves made by Buck Algonquin purchased at a local ship
supply house in Gloucester, MA. If I were going to install a sea cock,
Spartan Marine the manufacturer of Cape Dory can provede a true sea cock.
They are located in Southwest Harbor, Maine. #114 which is a 1965 had marine
plywood installed which remains in the boat with the new thru hulls. 
  
The flaking under the cockpit could be strands from a chop gun used to spray
the glass and cloth, my 1965 hull was laid up by hand and has a smooth
finish. If the cockpit floor is strong and intact I would leave it alone.

Stephen
#114 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Randy Weatherspoon [mailto:rlwspoon at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 9:44 PM
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Subject: [Alberg30] Cockpit Floor / Hull Renovation


I was evaluating various tank configuations for repowering when I noticed 
the underside floor of the cockpit looked like it was becoming delaminated 
-- like a bale of e hay with brown stringy things hanging down over the fuel

tank --- it looked like fiberglass strands.  I couldn't get a good  or 
close look at the area--- but the floor from the outside feels firm with no 
give (I'm 265lbs )  ---what I was wondering was if there was any chance of 
gas fumes causing this sort of damage?

Also on the topic of renovating an old hull (1969);
 1) Did you pull the through hulls out and rebed them completely? If so - 
how did you get them out if they were in relatively good shape -- and how 
can you tell thier strength remaining if they don't leak?
 2) Did you replace the ball valves with seacocks?

All of my valves have what looks to be 1/2" plywood backups on each through 
hull and appears to be OK but I don't want to be in the middle of the Gulf 
of Mexico and one fail...

Thanks for the input

Randy Weatherspoon -#385


 
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