Dan:
From looking at your pictures, I would be concerned about the integrity
of that bulkhead. I can see five (5) bolts in the chain plate....top 2
look, bottom 2 not good, middle one not sure.
I would definitely cut out the rot and re-glass....question is, are you
going to remove the chain plate?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32- #277
Halifax, N.S.
On 2019-01-29 12:48 p.m., Dan via CnC-List wrote:
I need the collective wisdom on this one.
Pictures here:
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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
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