[Public-List] Foredeck Issues

[mahseer at kos.net]

Brennan,

The best way to check for a wet core is with a moisture meter, if you know
a friend who has one borrow it and move it all over the soft area.  With
my meter a dry core reads about 5% moisture and wet 30% moisture.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380


>
> 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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