wood rot

Hi all. I‘m looking at buying a 1982 Javelin, and the one potential issue is this rotted floor of the forward bulkhead compartment. It’s basically a glassed-over wooden shelf that makes it so that what you store up front is level with the flood or the cockpit, only now the fiberglass is torn and...

My '86 cat22 new design is leaking slightly from the through-bolts for the stanchions. Plan was to rebed with butyl after possible epoxy & redrilled bolt holes. After removing the pretty wood trim inside, I was surprised to see the 4 "through" bolts with the 2 inner bolts cleanly inside the...

The door to my head won't close. After 3 years of owning my boat the geometry of the door is so off that it won't close! The pressure from the compression post has pushed into the deck almost a quarter of an inch. Not good! My boat is in the water and my mast is up. I have cursing plans for...