James, Just did this on my 26' -- had to repair four small areas of soft deck, and removed all hardware for re-bedding, along with resealing along the toe rail and replacing side windows. All that in preparation for painting deck, cabin and cockpit.
My job got stopped in the middle of March with about three more days needed to finish painting the deck, so I'm keeping fresh tape over all the holes in the until I get the OK from the marina to continue. It's in the water and I really hope to get that OK before our rainy season starts next month. Don't know where you are, but a local business here in South Florida has almost every type of deck core material you can imagine in stock. They're very knowledgeable and pretty good to work with: here's the address -- https://www.fgci.com/products/ Good Luck (BTW -- Entropy needs no maintenance) Jim Hesketh 26 C&C Whisper Miami, FL On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 1:37 PM James Bibb via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Thanks Nathan…gives me some information to move on. I’ll be re-bedding > the deck hardware as well. It’s time. What’s the scientific word…entropy? > > > > James. > > > > On May 6, 2020, at 9:32 AM, Nathan Post via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi James, > > I can't offer you specific advice from experience as I am just about to > get into the same project on my C&C 34. I was able to get end grain balsa > core wood from Jamestown Distributors a few weeks ago > https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/main.do - I have heard > that some people use marine plywood instead. Since my issues stem from an > impact above the head (spin pole dropped?) that wasn't repaired and failed > sealing around deck hardware in a few spots I figure replacing it with the > original material will be fine and keep things a little lighter. Also the > balsa will contour into the curved sections nicely. I wasn't sure what > thickness I would need so I bought a selection figuring I could build up > multiple layers if required and use it for other projects in the future. > I have vacuum bagging equipment (Jamestown sells a very nice vacuum pump > too) so I plan to use that for applying pressure rather than weighting it. > I am also planning pulling all the deck hardware to (drill larger and fill > with epoxy, then re-drill) and will repaint the entire deck in the > processes as well. It is a big project, that is for sure - been waiting > for nice weather to get here. > > The other supplier I use (for glass and peel ply and vacuum bagging > equipment is https://www.fibreglast.com/ - which is often a bit cheaper, > but they were out of the end grain balsa and said that there is a global > shortage right now. > > Hope that helps and good luck with your project! > > Nathan > > ~~~ > Nathan Post > S/V Wisper > Lynn MA > > > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 1:14 PM James Bibb via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Ok…had a zoom meeting with the Sailing club and we’re on a modified >> racing season this year for obvious reasons. I’ve missed the window to do >> some needed deck repair as by the time the weather changes, it’s sailing >> season and I keep on pushing it off to next season not wanting to get into >> a major project to interrupt the fun. This pandemic may offer an >> “off-season” to take the boat out of commission for a couple of weeks….so… >> >> Lot’s of good information over the past couple years from folks whom have >> replaced spongy decks….anybody have an actual source for core material as >> well as thickness? >> >> My spongy spots are right at the impact point after 30 years of >> racing…mast…foredeck and where folks get on and off the boat at mid-ship. >> I’m having on-going and worsening leaks around the mast and the deck >> hardware associated with the rigging. I’m assuming a top down effort…cut >> and inspect…then make plans. >> >> I’m looking mainly for encouragement as I haven’t done deck repair at >> this scale before and it will involve the deck where the mast goes >> through. >> >> James Bibb >> >> 1991 34-36R Darwin’s Folly >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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