i have some rot in the bulk head from leaking shain plates. has anyone encountered this and what was your fix? thanks for any help
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My problem area was in Head right under
the deck ... we cut out a piece of 3/4 in. marine plywood to fill the area from the shelf to the cabin top rug, and the hull to the inside frame ... expoxied it to that part of the bulkhead inside the john ... firm up against the rug ... then used longer bolts to reattach that stupidly designed block used to attach the chainplates to the bulkhead. That was five years ago ... When Charlie hit a couple of years ago we had stong enough action to bend the wind indicator and tear the dock apart ... but the repair didn't budge. The video, the people in the condo next door took of the boat, astounded me with the hobby horseing action that the boat did. No one could have survived if they had stayed on the boat ... but ... the only problem was the bent wind indicator ... suprisingly after the hurricane we ended up with the boat tied only by the bow line to the center pier ... with the broken off finger pier still tied on to the side of the boat and the big fenders still doing their job. It probably is all about just how much of a problem you have ... and how well you reseal the chainplate through the deck ... and how much effort you want to spend. And of course keeping an eye on it. Most of the guys would redo that side of the bulkhead. But the objective is to keep that block under the deck. In Seven's case we did a simple repair now holding though two hurricanes at different docks and not showing any give. I'm also thinking it may not be so easy to do on the sink side. Vic "Seven"
the deck ... we cut out a piece of 3/4 in. marine plywood to fill the area from the shelf to the cabin top rug, and the hull to the inside frame ... expoxied it to that part of the bulkhead inside the john ... firm up against the rug ... then used longer bolts to reattach that stupidly designed block used to attach the chainplates to the bulkhead. That was five years ago ... When Charlie hit a couple of years ago we had stong enough action to bend the wind indicator and tear the dock apart ... but the repair didn't budge. The video, the people in the condo next door took of the boat, astounded me with the hobby horseing action that the boat did. No one could have survived if they had stayed on the boat ... but ... the only problem was the bent wind indicator ... suprisingly after the hurricane we ended up with the boat tied only by the bow line to the center pier ... with the broken off finger pier still tied on to the side of the boat and the big fenders still doing their job. It probably is all about just how much of a problem you have ... and how well you reseal the chainplate through the deck ... and how much effort you want to spend. And of course keeping an eye on it. Most of the guys would redo that side of the bulkhead. But the objective is to keep that block under the deck. In Seven's case we did a simple repair now holding though two hurricanes at different docks and not showing any give. I'm also thinking it may not be so easy to do on the sink side. Vic "Seven"
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