I've been working on the boat for a couple of weeks now that the weather has got mild enough to work in my "portable boatshop"-
http://forums.oday.sailboatowners.com/album.php?albumid=332
Outside temps in the 40s inside temps 60 to 80.
I was able to dry out the deck core fairly well over the winter and now I've filled the holes with Git-rot. The core seemed to draw it in pretty good.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3400384586/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399576653/
Today I started on the mast step.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546287/
I cut out a piece and exposed the rotten plywood core.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3400354144/
After digging for a few minutes with a narrow screwdriver (all I had handy) I got down to the bottom of the core and into the sides. It looks as if Oday had laid in 3" wide plywood pieces (you can see the resin that was in the seam between the pieces). On the forward side there was a seam of resin and after chipping some of it away it looks like end grain balsa was used for coring. I don't know yet how far aft the plywood extends. Hopefully I can get into it tomorrow with more "specialized" tools
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546227/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546201/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3400354014/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546315/
http://forums.oday.sailboatowners.com/album.php?albumid=332
Outside temps in the 40s inside temps 60 to 80.
I was able to dry out the deck core fairly well over the winter and now I've filled the holes with Git-rot. The core seemed to draw it in pretty good.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3400384586/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399576653/
Today I started on the mast step.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546287/
I cut out a piece and exposed the rotten plywood core.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3400354144/
After digging for a few minutes with a narrow screwdriver (all I had handy) I got down to the bottom of the core and into the sides. It looks as if Oday had laid in 3" wide plywood pieces (you can see the resin that was in the seam between the pieces). On the forward side there was a seam of resin and after chipping some of it away it looks like end grain balsa was used for coring. I don't know yet how far aft the plywood extends. Hopefully I can get into it tomorrow with more "specialized" tools
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546227/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546201/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3400354014/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22431685@N03/3399546315/