Bulkhead Replacement A couple of years ago, as I bought my Catalina 27 Tall Rig, SEA-130, the surveyor found that he could easily push a pencil into both dryrotted bulkheads. Egads! My solution, for a $1400 bill, was to have the local Marina remove both bulkheads, and "kerf" in 3/4" marine plywood, sandwiched between two "kerfed" 1/4" aluminum sheets, then painted. Now, them chainplates will certainly handle anything that's thrown their way. Expensive, yes, but worth the security I paid for. Jim Huhta Sturgeon Bay, WI. The mecca of Midwest sailing spots! --- Lance Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Keith & Phil > I've worked with Starboard a few times and have > noted that it easily wallows out a hole. So, I > haven't used it for structural stuff. > > Lance Jones > Commodore, Barefoot Sailing Club > Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce! > Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sneddon, Keith > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:18 PM > Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Please Help! > > > The open literature indicates that Starboard has > about 1/3 the tensile strength of marine plywood. > > > > Keith Sneddon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Philip Agur > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Please Help! > > > > Pam, > > > > This is the first time I've heard of starboard > being used in this way. > > Did you ask the factory to confirm this was safe? > > Phil > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Pamela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:41:18 AM > Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Please Help! > > I replaced my starboard bulkhead with 3/4 inch > white starboard, somehwat pricey, but really easy to > cut, durable, and can take a load. > Pam > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:23:17 -0500 > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Please Help! > To: [email protected] > > > > > Don't skimp on anything that holds the chain > plates, namely the bulkheads. If you have ANY rot > in the bulkheads, replace them with good marine > grade ply and finish as you see necessary. If you > don't like the look of the marine grade ply, cover > with good wood, but only after sealing the ply with > epoxy (do it while out of the boat and seal all the > holes with 4200/5200/sekaflex. > > > > Remember the bulkheads hold up the mast on the C27 > and they need to be reinforced. Take them out (with > the mast either out or held up by substantial > reinforcements), trace them and recreate them. > > > > Check the Mainsheet history for John Potvin's > upgrades to find a huge amount of information about > upgrading a C27. > > > > If you can't find it, email me and I will either > dig through my hard drive or get John to forward it > AGAIN to the list. > > > > Chris D > toy box > eastport, md > > > > > > Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in > shape in the new year. > > > Watch "Cause Effect," a show about real people > making a real difference. Learn more > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
