[Public-list] deck repairs

[Gordon Laco]

Hi Bob - 

You are lucky in that your boat is a tiller steerer... I have to deal with
the pedestal.  (now is when I pay for the way having a wheel makes me feel
like a superior gentleman yachtsman...)

I will do as follows...

Remove rudder head and shaft guide casting

Remove pedestal w/throttle control and steering cables

Cut top laminate of sole off using high speed rotary tool

Peel off top laminate hopefully preserving it

Excavate remaining balsa and slurk core

Lay appropriate thickness of high density foam in epoxy (hold down with
bricks sitting on waxed paper so foam does not float on epoxy

Lay in appropriate thickness of oak where pedestal bolts and rudder casting
bolts go through

Seal epoxy on top, fill all voids with thickened epoxy

Lay on salvaged top laminate in epoxy

Finish curf around cuts with whitened epoxy

Bolt back in rudder casting

Think hard...am I fed up with this job or do I want to move the pedestal aft
18" like I think I do.  Moving it opens up a whole can of worms re-leading
the steering cables and getting a new longer throttle Teleflex cable.  If I
forgot to move the hardened spots for the ped bolts a few steps ago say 'oh
well' and put it back where it was

Piece of cake?  Well actually the toughest parts may be getting the rudder
head casting off and fiddling with the steering cables.

Also, the softness is only detectable in the after part of the cockpit sole;
I occasionally try to talk myself into just doing the part aft of the ped...

Gord #426











> Hi Gord,
> 
> I have the same project in mind, replacing the cockpit sole...
> Any advice?
> 
> -bob
> A30 #560
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Gordon Laco
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:16 AM
> To: dk.campbell at sympatico.ca, Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] deck repairs
> 
> Hi there - 
> 
> I am gathering courage to tackle my cockpit sole this winter and spring...
> 
> Gord #426
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Peter:
>>   I have replaced the whole of the deck on #528. Unfortunately I have
>> not done very well at photography, but can answer almost any specific
>> question you have in mind regarding decks or tools made to do the job.
>> I could move a stantion through 75 degrees when I bought the boat and
>> that was still attached to the deck in a loose sort of fashion one might
>> say. I would say start with a really good moisture meter on a boat that
>> has been dried out either under plastic as in a greenhouse frame or in a
>> shed for at least 6 weeks with sun. Once you have the areas mapped that
>> are wet, which may very well be both decks for the full length of the
>> coachhouse, and around all through -deck fittings, then you will have
>> enough to make the decision as to how far you want to go. After that
>> there is the first cut and then it gets easy.
>> Don # 528 and #469
>> 
>> Peter Staehling wrote:
>> 
>>> Aurora's biggest problem that I have found is the
>>> condition of the deck.
>>> 
>>> See pictures at:
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~aurora554/deck.html
>>> 
>>> Any advice on how best to evaluate and repair these
>>> problem areas?  References?  Websites?  A must have
>>> book?
>>> 
>>> I have worked with glass and epoxy but mostly on new
>>> projects rather than repairs.  A old fiberglass dinghy
>>> is supposed to come with Aurora, but I have not yet
>>> seen it.  Maybe it will be a good place to practice
>>> repairs.
>>> 
>>> Pete
>>> 
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