[Public-List] Foredeck Issues

[George Dinwiddie]

Brennan,

I'm guessing you have a later boat, with a balsa core, and making my 
comments based on that.

I would sound out the deck.  You can do that by tapping on it with a 
quarter, listening to the quality of the sound.  A dull "clack" could 
indicate either a wet core or a dry delamination.  I've got some 
creaking on my starboard side deck from dry (I think) delamination.  One 
of these days I've got to get back to repairing the entire deck.

How serious it is depends on whether it's wet or dry.  I don't /think/ a 
dry delamination will spread, but a wet one certainly will.

  - George

Brennan Carney wrote:
> I'm finding a few issues with my deck. First, there is some give on the
> foredeck. I'm wondering if this is common; is it just the fact that it is a
> wide area of deck, unsupported above the vee birth? Do most other A30's have
> a slight bit of deck flex here? I certainly wouldn't describe it as spongy
> per say, but there is some flex. Also, around the chain plate areas, I've
> noticed the afore mentioned flex and also a creaking sound which I speculate
> to be the liner rubbing against the bulkheads. Could this just be a case of
> a poorly fitting bulkhead? Would new ones remedy this problem? If it would
> make any difference, I should mention that the rig is currently off and I
> have not noticed these problems while it was on. How serious are these
> issues?

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