> Buy it! Whitby built a good boat and just like any boat there will always be > a repair list. Do the repairs over time. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Paloma L. Hawry" > Reply-To: public-list@alberg30.org > To: > Subject: RE: [Alberg30] Deck Repairs > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:48:40 -0600 > > I appreciate all the responses to our quandry. It is a major decision for > us since we will invest mightily - heart soul and money in whatever boat we > find. > > We have had a very thorough survey performed with a moisture meter and have > drawings of where the suspect areas are. The surveyor's moisture meter > showed the damage to be essentially the length of both side decks, virtually > at every stanchion, no foredeck damage, a a small area on the cabin top. > (Mast step was rebuilt adequately and left open for inspection - no apparent > moisture damage in that area). Our surveyor is locally known as "Dr. Doom" > so while we appreciate his thoroughness, we are left wondering how extensive > or serious the problem really is given that we know we are looking at a 1965 > boat which is bound to have problems. There are no noticeable soft spots. > He passed the hull and other structural aspects as alright. The boat has > been in the water each year (fresh water) but has hardly been sailed so it > has not had the structural stress of racing and cruising, just the stress of > slow neglect. Rigging, sails, are sound, electronics minimal, AC wiring non > compliant but for us unnecessary. Has an old Atomic 4, but my husband is > very comfortable with engine work, and we have already priced what a rebuild > would cost. Our budget accounts for the need to replace and upgrade many > items, but it is the deck problem that has us in a quandry... > > Thus far my research and your responses have shown three distinct approaches > to repairing the decks: > 1) drill holes on a 1" a grid in the damaged areas, dry thoroughtly, then > fill with epoxy and sand/refinish > 2) cutout and retain top skin (remove all rotted core attached), remove > damaged core, sand down to lower skin, replace with new core material (foam > or plywood) refill with resin to the correct level, replace and fair-in the > old skin, and repaint surface as needed > 3) Cut-out area, remove damaged core, replace with foam or wood and rebuild > glass deck. > > Of these, it would seem to me that the second choice might make the most > sense as long as the original skin was in fairly good shape. This would > largely preserve the original contours and molded non-skid and reduce the > fairing and surface areas requiring rebuild to look good. Any thoughts in > comparing these approaches? And again, does anyone know of a way to find an > individual tradesperson who might help us with the repairs? > > I'll stop cluttering up the cyberwaves now... > > Thanks All > > > > > Paloma L. Hawry, Partner > Actoras Consulting Group > 1821 Walden Office Square Suite 400 > Schaumburg, IL 60173 > Office: (847) 622-8812 > Cell: (847) 274-3086 > Fax: (847)631-0869 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: public-list-admin@alberg30.org [mailto:public-list- admin@alberg30.org] > On Behalf Of greg > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:03 PM > To: public-list@alberg30.org > Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Deck Repairs > > I may regret sticking my nose in here. Having been involved in the repair of > such > things on our 1968 A30 #312. We have replaced our cockpit soul and repaired > side > deck de lamination in areas of the non skid with good result. It is not as > scary > as it looks... just time consuming. We did not cut away the wet de- laminated > areas of the deck ( not true of the cockpit sole) but drilled 1/4 inch > holes on > a 1 inch grid over the wet areas and then with lamps dried the areas till > the > moisture meter showed an acceptable content. We then injected as much epoxy > resin > as the delaminated area would except and filled and smoothed the area with > thickened epoxy. Over which we applied a new non skid surface with mron(sp) > and > Awlgrip's silica. We did this on the entire deck and cockpit. It looked > great > when complete. Drying was not a fast process it took days and the project > took > alot of time away from sailing. > > Kindest Regards- Greg > > PS: I'm in west Michigan if you want to talk. 616 454 5225 > PPS: Same for the cockpit sole. > > "Paloma L. Hawry" wrote: > > > > > We need to let the owner know soon if we are willing to purchase the boat > > and tackle this work. Our expectation is that we are looking at deck > > repairs anywhere between $2000 and $7000 range - assuming we do some of > the > > work ourselves. (We are handy and willing to do much of the prep and > > painting/finish work, but haven't got the experience or sufficient time > for > > the structural work). As we are on a very tight budget, we can't afford > > major surprises beyond that range. > > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Foul weather? 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