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