[Public-List] Cockpit core thickness in early boats?

[Jeffrey]

Hi Joseph,

My boat #116 came just after yours, so ours are very likely similar.

Do you remember the thickness of the plywood you used?  I don't understand
what you mean "retab in the rudder port"?? What will I find for the rudder
shaft opening when I get in there?? Any ways to stop water intrusion from
the rudder port??

-Jeff

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Joseph Balderson <joebinc at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's right. I have #115. When I rebuilt my cockpit Masonite was the wet
> laminate.  I set the router depth to just less than the cockpit thickness,
> about 3/8ths+ or so and hogged out all but the bottom side fiberglass
> laminate. i then fit and glued in a marine ply filler laminate and glassed
> over all. But............ I took the opportunity to frame in a flush access
> hatch in the forward end of the cockpit (about 20"w x 30"l) and to retab in
> the rudder port while all was open.
>
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> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Jeffrey <alberg30nh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The cockpit floor of #116 is soft and needs a new core. Anyone know the
> > thickness of the core? In the liner boats, I've read 3/8 or 1/2.
> >
> > Also, has anyone done this in a pre-liner boat? I've read the core
> consists
> > of the bottom fiberglass, masonite, a heavy layer of fiberglass, another
> > layer of masonite, then the top fiberglass skin. Sound right?
> >
> > For those who have done this, did you use one layer of core material, or
> > two layers as in the original construction??
> >
> > -jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff Fongemie
> > #116 Seagrass
> >
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