I'd use 1/2" G10 FRP. Tabbing from the back/bow side might be a trick. I'd cut the exposed tab, remove rot, grind to clean fiberglass. Generously goop thickened epoxy onto the remaining tabs and clamp your pre-fabbed G10 into place. Then filet and tab on the exposed side.
Be sure to inspect thoroughly for cracking in the SS fasteners and chain plates... Or simply replace. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 11:49 AM Dan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com wrote: > I need the collective wisdom on this one. > > Pictures here: > IMG_6750.JPG > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1znDiTdnSAfj89gETGSYAzGlTGPaJPGLM/view?usp=drive_web> > > IMG_6747.JPG > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8ykQQMEgWAVr-Y3Dd5oxvPRXd_tMdMX/view?usp=drive_web> > > On Breakaweigh I discovered my forward bulkhead holding the chain plate > for the headstay was constructed using a plywood core and had been modified > over the years. Of course no one thought to isolate the core in there when > drain holes were drilled and such and now the core material inside the > bulkhead is nearly disintegrated or rotten. There is a front and back > fiberglass layer, each about 1/4" thick and are well tabbed into the hull. > > This rot is making me damn nervous and my gut is telling me to cut into > the exposed side, remove the rot, clean it up, sand, etc. and re-bed in > something stronger than wood, then re-glass and re-tab it into the hull. > > Before I try anything like that I'm just wondering if cutting then > re-glassing one side of these original hull tabs is a bad idea? will the > new tabs be strong enough to support the re-inforced bulkhead? (using good > quality glass and epoxy) > > Thanks guys, > > Dan > Breakaweigh > C&C44 > Halifax, NS > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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