Hi Robbin, Thanks for the reply. I can take some pictures but I have not tried to upload them onto this site. Not sure how to do that. I can email them to you if you send me your address. I would be surprised if the hull/deck configurations were the same for the 17 and the 23. I will do some more probing today to see if I can tell hull liner from hull in that area. The inward turned flange does not seem to have been glassed to anything so I am confused as to how they assembled the hull in the factory. Tom B, M17 #258, 1977 On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Robbin Roddewig < robbin.roddewig@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi Thomas, I recently have gone through core replacement and have redone my hull to deck joint a year ago. I did this on the M-23 not the M-17 so it is difficult for me to picture the repair you are describing in detail. Any chance of taking a picture or two?
Thanks Robbin
On 7/9/2014 4:57 PM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
After removing the water damaged balsa core from the underside of my forward deck I found that the balsa actually went beyond the inside surface of the v-berth walls. So now I have 1/4 inch gap between the underside of the foredeck and the top of the v-berth walls. The top of the v-berth hull liner has an inward turned flange about a half inch wide. Beneath that seems to be some sort of fairing material which fills in the otherwise sharp corner formed by the hull liner where it would meet the underside of the deck. It looks like I can butter up with thickened epoxy and slide some 1/4 core material into the area formerly filled in with balsa core outboard of the v-berth walls. Can I fiberglass/epoxy this to the 1/2 inch inward turned flange I found? I am trying to tie this all together for strength but am not sure how to proceed at this point. Anyone with experience doing this repair out there have any advice on this? Thanks, Tom B