[Public-List] Hull thicknes question

[Gordon Laco]

Thanks for your advice

I did the stanchion job when I first bought the boat - it's worth doing.

G


On 09/11/11 1:03 PM, "Peter Amos" <p.a.amos at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Gord,one of the many projects I did on Tait Tait was to remove the toe rail
> all round the boat,drill out the pop rivets and replace them with s/s bolts
> and locknuts. I took the opportunity to openthe gap between the flanges of
> hull and deck mouldings and fill it with 5200. No leaks after that.I had to do
> it after a rough Gulf Stream crossing popped some of the rivets on the port
> bow and soaked the V berth. Another worthwhile project which can be done
> fairly easily and quickly is to mark an area around the stanchion bases,
> remove the stanchions and bases,cut out the top layer of marked deck and clean
> out the core.Fill the cleaned area with matt and resin.I reset the stanchions
> 1/2" inboard from from their original positions to reduce the amount of
> rubbish that accumulated there and made it easier to clean. I did one and when
> I found how easy it was I did the rest  3 at a time.Sorry to hijack this
> thread Pete ex Tait Tait #478          
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