Oday 240 Stanchion leaks and repairs

[Marlow Currie]

greetings I am a new owner of a 240 and took her on a maiden season break in sail last week.
winds were strong and the boat had cause to heal considerably enough to have water come up to the deck stanchions. Result was some water getting inside the cabin. Can anyone provide some guidance on resealing the starboard stanchion mount. i have not removed them yet but plan to shortly. Should i be concern about all of the stanchion mounts on the boat or just the beam ones?
I also observed some separation at the Deck/ Hull join is the any way to inspect this as there seem to be a fender (black molding) over the seam around the boat. Any experience on this type of issue is greatly appreciated

 

[Stu Jackson]

Congratulations on your new boat.

You should become familiar wit this material, literally and figuratively.

http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/rebedding_hardware

 

[Brian S]

Because O'day built balsa cored decks, if you do have a leaky stanchion, you should definitely "pot" the holes to prevent water intrusion into the balsa core. This article comes from the same Maine Sail that did Stu's article: https://marinehowto.com/sealing-deck-penetrations-to-prevent-core-rot/

 

[Marlow Currie]

leak might not be stanchion. hull deck separations about 30 inch long

 

[Hydro Therapy]

I rebedded my starboard stanchion over the winter. I used butyl tape. He tell tale sign was discoloring of the cabin liner material. By the way a product named, Folex will easily clean the discoloration. Sold at hardware stores.

I haven't experienced hull/deck separation.

I think you will love the boat once you get the bugs worked out.

 

[Marlow Currie]

I rebedded my starboard stanchion over the winter. I used butyl tape. He tell tale sign was discoloring of the cabin liner material. By the way a product named, Folex will easily clean the discoloration. Sold at hardware stores.

I haven't experienced hull/deck separation.

I think you will love the boat once you get the bugs worked out.

Thanks, fortunately (i hope only a couple of places where leaks have occurred. I will pick up some of that Folex for cleaning.

 

[Marlow Currie]

pic of inside of boat where separation occurred. discovered the cause of separation. Shroud mount (all thread post in picture was not fastened to hull causing the load to be transferred to deck mounting. Due to a sloppy rebedding of stanchion mount on deck. No i will begin the restoration. on the hard