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

[Joseph Balderson]

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.


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
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> Jeff Fongemie
> #116 Seagrass
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