I got the "deck area in front of (aft) the companion way" (Alright
all you Nautical Lexicon Ponderers, whats it called?) epoxied in
yesterday. I had my shade and fan all set this time. went much more
smoothly. One thing to consider is this piece of deck is not flat. It
has a bit of horizontal curve to it, sloping from the center out to
the toe rail. I noticed it befor I started so was prepared for it.
The 1/2" marine ply took the curve no problem but I did have to add
some good weight to the ends to hold them down. Two 5 gallon buckets
full of wet sand worked very nicely in conjunction with my paint
cans. One edge was slightly higher than I wanted, but will fair out
just fine when I do the seams. I finished a full gallon of west
system epoxy right on the last needed batch. How's that for close? So
I got the cockpit floor and this deck area with one full gallon of
105/206. It's makes one warm and fuzzy all over when you step on your
freshly recored deck and it doesn't squish! Today I am going to cut
into the side deck. I'll let you know how it goes, stay tuned, same
Tartan channel, same Tartan time.
Bob
SV Gabba Hey
1964 #90
--- In T27Owners@..., "Bob" <screeminbob@...> wrote:
I added afew more pictures of my progress. Got new plywood cut and
fitted today. The deck is a wierd composition. Basically 3 types of
deck laminate. One is straight fiberglass, the second is
fiberglassed
with end grain balsa, and the third is fiberglass with plywood. The
non cored is obvious as it is thinner than the rest of the deck and
makes a nice solid sound when tapped with a plastic hammer. The
balsa
and plywood cored deck is indistinguishable from each other but
make
a more hollow thunk (especially where it's mush). I am finding that
some areas that I expect to be all balsa is both balsa and plywood.
I've been lucky so far that non of the plywood really needs
replacing. But I have ended up doing the ply areas that I thought
were balsa. The area in front of the companion way (or aft of the
companionway) is a mix of both. The coring stops at the edge of the
companion way before the icebox hatch but extends all the way to
the
side deck on starboard side. I cut all the way over, but had I
known
I would have saved the little bit of side deck to do with the rest
of
the side deck. Again I expected balsa but instead the bit of side
deck is ply. I'm sure there is balsa further up though next to the
cabin. I also imagine that as the years went on the actual coring
plan probably changed. so one might want to drill for a smaple
before
cutting specific areas. In the end it will all be solid and won't
really matter I guess.
Bob
SV Gabba Hey
1964 #90
