[Public-List] Re-Coring my Cockpit Floor #116

[Jeffrey]

Thanks Glenn,

I wish there were a stuffing box, don't think the old boats had them.  I
don't have the room to add one either.  Does the stuffing box come out of
the hull? How do you get to it?

I will glass the tube in place around the post, and encircle the post with
solid fiberglass.



Seagrass. #116
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
http://sailboatseagrass.com/

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 -Jeff


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Glenn Brooks <brooks.glenn at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Jeff,  on my boat Whitby fiber glassed a stuffing box directly into the
> full, leaves plenty of room under the deck - but not sure if these are made
> any more.
>
> Also why not just glass the tube in. Epoxy doesn't penetrate mat and
> roving well and and  If you do use epoxy then your stuck with all future
> repair work around the tube being epoxy as FG doesn't adhere to epoxy and
> hi strength resin is every bit as good, more comparable, and cheaper.
>
> Glenn
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:55 AM, Jeffrey <fongemie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > This past weekend I began the process of re-coring my cockpit floor.  So
> > far it is going well, I've got a write up with pictures here:
> >
> > http://sailboatseagrass.com/cockpit-core-replacement/
> >
> > One issue, is the rudder tube. I want a solution that keeps the water out
> > of the new core, and the best way I can think of is to epoxy a fiberglass
> > tube to both the bottom skin, and the top skin. It won't keep water out
> of
> > the cockpit, but it should keep it from the core. I don't think I have
> the
> > room to add a stuffing box. Any better suggestions?
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> > Seagrass. #116
> > Boothbay Harbor, Maine
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