[Alberg30] Cockpit Floor / Hull Renovation

[Gary Barker]

Randy,
I gave out a website that has information on just about any restoration  
you could do.  The erroneous address was www.glissando381. But the REAL  
address is www.triton381.com.  Any Alberg owner owes themself a trip to  
that site.

Gary Barker
#307


On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 09:43 PM, Randy Weatherspoon wrote:

> 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 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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