[Public-List] Hull deck joint

[Mike Lehman via Public-List]

On the older boats with Masonite coring and stand up toe rails with the SS 
outside rail have this issue with draining over the deck and puddling water 
at the exit points. If I had an older boat, I would mark the SS at the 
exits, remove the SS and grind it down to the water to escape then 
re-install it. The older boats have 'head block' (solid glass) around the 
perimeter of the deck. The liner boats have balsa cored decks, and carry the 
coring to the edges.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Bover via Public-List
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 7:10 AM
To: A-30 List
Subject: [Public-List] Hull deck joint

My boat (#114) was built the same year and has the same stainless steel trim
strip screwed on. I remove it every couple of years to freshen the varnish
on the toe rail. The first time, I sanded it down to bare wood and also
heavily puttied the joint with Dolphinite, which remains flexible. At the
scuppers there was a hard compound added at some point to bring the level
flush with the top of the trim piece. It is cracking now and I'll replace
that one of these years, but mostly the water just runs under the trim,
which doesn't seem to be a problem because the Dolphinite keeps it out of
the joint. By the way, there is no evidence of exposed Masonite, I think the
core stops short of the edge.


Greg Bover
A-30 #114
PENSIVE FLYER
Gloucester, Mass.


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