Harvey, I checked my boat yesterday. If you remove the teak molding in the port side of the quarter birth, you will find the other edge of the plywood. I do not see any glue or resin anywhere along the edge of the plywood.
It has the look of, after removing any hardware that may go into the plywood, one could use a hammer and a short piece of 1x4 and knock the plywood, from the Port locker, into the quarter birth. The $64K question is, if Catalina used any glue in there somewhere. Our C27s must be very similar, your's being #6023 John C-27TR, 1985, M-18, 5956 Lake Travis, Austin, TX Harvey Rosenberg wrote: > > > Hi Ray, > Could you give a little more details on this. Do you have an inboard > engine? > How did you get access-thru the starboard quarter berth engine access > hole or enlarge the access hole or did you cut another access hole aft > of the present one? I can barely get one arm in to service the aft part > of the engine. Pedestal parts, forget about it. > > Did you have to take out the liner under the original plywood in the > engine compartment? Will you be replacing teh liner? Did you cement > the Starboard to the cockpit deck or screw it in? > > From the port cockpit locker I can see panels of plywood between the > deck and the liner. > Any pictures of your installation available? > > I believe that Starboard, while an excellent rot proof material, has a > issue with dimensional stability. I was thinking about using a 8 foot > strip for cabin eyebrows. But I'm not an engineer so it's hard for me > to assess it. Perhaps someone on the list more knowledgeable could look > at on Kingstarbaord.com > > "StarBoard differs from wood because it reacts more to temperature > changes. StarBoard® contracts and expands at the rate of 6 x 10 (-5) > in/in/°F, changing approximately 1/32 inch for every linear foot of > lenth or width, over a 40° temperature range. Drilling oversized holes > for screws or fasteners prevents problems. For example, to attach a > 3-foot length of molding to a wall, allow 1/32 inch extra around screws > spaced one foot apart. The head of the fastener will easily cover > oversized holes. If oversized holes are not used, StarBoard® installed > in low temperatures may bow when it warms. Material installed at warm > temperatures may crack when cooled and fasteners may bend or shear. In > extreme cases, special allowances may be needed. The rate of change > concerning an adjoining material may be important" > "Working with Starboard", kingstarboard.com > > Harvey Rosenberg C-27TR, 1985, M-18, Stony Point NY > > > > Harvey Rosenberg C-27TR 1985, M-18 > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > *Received: *Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:33:21 PM EST > *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Subject: *Re: catalina27-talk: Wheel pedestal/ cockpit deck > > > It's surprising that there is no wood core in the deck at all. After > removing the pedestal from the deck I removed the 1/4" plywood from > the quarter berth side. I put wedges in to open the gap a little > farther, after removing screws for the wire run, and pulled/ scraped > out the old wood. Replaced it with 1/4" starboard 18" x 26 1/2". > Could have made it 20" wide. Now I have to put all the hardware back > together. > > > > Ray Winkle > 5275 > Knot Home > Sarah Creek > Gloucester Point, VA.
