[Public-List] Hull deck joint

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Hi All,

Here is an image and a sketch of what I think is there on the older boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/epqkkum1byjbkid/My%20Hull%20to%20Deck.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a4kbiphh204jfyr/Hull%20to%20Deck.png?dl=0

Wes
Griffin's Faith #196

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Mike Lehman via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> 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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