Hi guys, Just following up on screws attaching the sea hood on a C&C 34R.
I learned this weekend, I was wrong thinking there was balsa. The material behind the fiberglass skin in raised area along the slider is some kind of white filler, maybe thickened epoxy. The original screws are #8 SS flat head x 1" and the I looked at all the holes and found very few had any gel coat cracks so it's a good system for wood screws. Nice job C&C. I overbored those holes that showed cracks and filled with Thixo Flexible epoxy from a caulk gun. I will drill 1/8" pilot holes after I finish painting the deck. Since I am rebedding hardware and prepping for painting the deck, I overbored holes for the fairleads, clutches, and handrails, and ground out spider cracks in the gel coat. These all got filled with Thixo Flex after priming with neat epoxy. Chuck Scheaffer Resolute 1989 C&C 34R Pasadena Md
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