[Public-list] rigging tension

[George Dinwiddie]

Basically, you have to cut out the deteriorated core and replace it.

http://www.alberg30.org/maintenance/HullDeck/DeckRepairs/
http://www.alberg30.org/maintenance/HullDeck/MastStepDeckRepairs/

Paul Lacasse wrote:
> How does one "re-core" the deck?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Ronald Norton wrote:
> 
>> What is acceptable top deck compression at mast step?
> 
> 
> There really should be no perceptible compression of the deck.  If there
> is, then that indicates a repair is in order.  For older boats, it is
> likely that the mast beam is sagging and should be sistered.  For newer
> boats, the deck core may be infiltrated with water and starting to rot,
> and should be re-cored.

-- 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
   I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
   So many I loved were not yet dead,           http://www.Alberg30.org
   So many I love were not yet born.
                                             'The Middle' by Ogden Nash
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------




 1107444106.0