[Public-List] Cockpit Coaming

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Hi George,

Nice idea with the neoprene strip...I didn't know whether "conventional
wisdom" was to caulk or intentionally "let it breathe"

Dunno if you want to consider posting up on the site some sort of "warning"
about winches pulling out of decks...in lieu of what others have posted
just in this thread as well as what I found when I took mine apart, it
seems this is a bit of a fabrication oversight on Whitby's part...I also
don't know if you would expose yourself as site administrator to any kind
of liable...

Oh and BTW, thank you for all you do on maintaining and safeguarding this
site!

Wes

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:24 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Wes,
>
> On 10/22/15 9:16 AM, Wes Gardner via Public-List wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> This has probably been discussed before...I removed my coamings (and winch
>> pedestals) yesterday and am considered sailing next year "commando style"
>> without them.  I'll see what my wife thinks. We sail mainly in "daysail
>> mode" so there's no chance of green water rolling into the cockpit.  I am
>> of the "lean against the lifelines" school of steering to leeward.  The
>> boat DOES feel quite different without them.  Feels kinda nice, actually.
>> That's another discussion....
>>
>
> Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, I've taken sufficient water over the bow
> that I was glad to have the coamings. Even rain is nice to keep out of the
> cockpit, given that the deck area is much larger than the cockpit area.
>
>
>> What I DID find is that mine were installed completely "dry" meaning there
>> was no bedding of anything anywhere.  Maybe this was intentional as the
>> space between the wood and the glass is a great place for trapping crud.
>> What have others done in this area?  I thought about intentionally spacing
>> the wood away with a flat washer and cutting some weeps in along the
>> bottom?
>>
>
> I used industrial flat rubber gasket material. I believe it was 1/16"
> thick neoprene with adhesive on one side. I put it along the upper edge of
> the fiberglass. I also caulked the seam from the outside. Doing both of
> these seems to keep the water out of the cockpit, and out of the space
> between the coaming and the fiberglass.
>
>
>> Anyone know of a good source for teak?  I have a bandsaw, sabre saw and
>> router so I can shape and machine, I'll need to get the pieces joined as I
>> don't have access to a jointer.  (I truly miss the one in the boatyard
>> that
>> had like an eight foot bed, but those days are gone...)
>>
>
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