Re: M_Boats: Opening up the deck of an M-23 like a can of sardines
Hi Robbin, Was all the damp balsa isolated to the area you have exposed? If so, that should be a very manageable repair. I used a product called Coremat when I rebuilt the foredeck of my M17. Good luck with everything, once again, owning a sailboat is a long learning curve! Keep us posted please. Bones ____________________________________________________________ Old School Yearbook Pics View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School & Year. Look Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/534b59524d14259526b26st02vuc
Bones, How is Coremat to use? Does it soak up a lot of resin? Does it take a lot of layers to make a 1/4 inch thick laminate layer? Tom B On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:42 PM, bownez@juno.com <bownez@juno.com> wrote:
Hi Robbin,
Was all the damp balsa isolated to the area you have exposed? If so, that should be a very manageable repair. I used a product called Coremat when I rebuilt the foredeck of my M17. Good luck with everything, once again, owning a sailboat is a long learning curve! Keep us posted please.
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Thanks Bones, I find this sort of thing enjoyable. And I actually enjoy researching the projects almost more than doing them. My only issue is that I seem to do these such that my boat is disabled during some of the best sailing weather! It was in the 80's yesterday. I will look into Coremat. The Bluewater product from Coosa (or maybe I have that reversed) looks like a structural fibre glass layup or pretty solid stuff. The area is not too big and I think I have found most all the wet core. Sometimes it is hard to tell until you take it out and try and squeeze it. I had to knock off before I was quite done but I will go back this week. What I still do not understand is that the area under the mast or the ceiling all through that area does not touch the boards that look like a compression post (even though they only tie into the floor liner, not the keel so they are not really a post) and the ceiling does not touch the bulk head nor is it tabbed to the bulkhead. I assumed that bulkhead was there to carry the mast load. And the only place that bulkhead is tabbed or attached is the port side hull. It simply rests on the floor liner. Kind of a strange arrangement. I can tell from the damage that the mast was pushing down but I did not find much really rotten core and nothing was delaminated. So it is hard for me to tell exactly why the structure had a failure except some small amount of the core directly under the tabernacle lost its compression or structure and maybe its lamination. But not much which makes me think that I should overbuild the repair. Robbin On 4/13/2014 11:42 PM, bownez@juno.com wrote:
Hi Robbin,
Was all the damp balsa isolated to the area you have exposed? If so, that should be a very manageable repair. I used a product called Coremat when I rebuilt the foredeck of my M17. Good luck with everything, once again, owning a sailboat is a long learning curve! Keep us posted please.
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On 13-Apr-14 10:42 PM, bownez@juno.com wrote: Hi Bones, Your statement that: owning a sailboat is a long learning curve! But you neglected to say that once you have bought a sailboat your learning starts, and you keep learning, and learning, ..... and it never stops. As you become proficient with a paintbrush, and can cut in a nice boot top and water line; you decide to add or change hardware on board. New problems; new considerations, and new learning.... You have to learn about your outboard; take care of / and repair your sails; learn knots; learn how to whip the ends of your sheets and lines; to splice; and do fancy rope work. All new skills that a good sailor learns and uses to insure the safety of his ship and of the voyage. Of course, your predecessors, going back ages in time, learned these trades, so that eventually p0kes your nose into maritime history/ boat building/ sail making/ navigation/weather knowledge/birds/fish/ stars and constellations ..... a life time of learning something new. Now that we are living in Dallas, TX, when I talk to my neighbors about our sailing in Europe or on the East Coast, they look at me as if I just told them I was an astronaut. Nautical activities and what they entail are a strange new unknown world for them. Half the fun of owning a sailboat is optimizing it to suit "your" requirements, which involve your geographic sailing areas; how you like to live on board; and what sort of luxury level you would like. Some of my personal must-haves are: a CD player for classical music; a wine cellar; proper wine glasses; a good cockpit table for proper dining when the anchor is down; a shaded kerosene lamp to provide the proper ambiance; a Bimini for shade and rain protection; a companionway rack that holds my 7X50 binoculars/my marine radio/my Grundig radio; cockpit cushions while sailing; and an eyeglass shelf just inside the companionway where the sun glasses live. Its been a life-long education and I've enjoyed every minute of it. Happy sailing Connie & Katrina
Hi Robbin,
Was all the damp balsa isolated to the area you have exposed? If so, that should be a very manageable repair. I used a product called Coremat when I rebuilt the foredeck of my M17. Good luck with everything, once again, owning a sailboat is a long learning curve! Keep us posted please.
Bones ____________________________________________________________ Old School Yearbook Pics View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School & Year. Look Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/534b59524d14259526b26st02vuc
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