Doing lots of interior work on an Irwin 31 with a teak ply interior. The main bulhhead has compressed in enough that the door will not close, almost half an inch of wood will need to be removed to trim the door. Coincidentily (or not) the keel to hull seam has opened about 3/8 of an inch. The keel bolts are fine and torked correctly. Do these hulls tend to compress as the keels pull down over time? The boat is only in the water 6 months a year. We replaced the entire sole bds (floor) do to rot from mast, bilge etc.
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Tom H. In your house Have any of the walls
compressed enough to require you to recut the doors? Why would you even think that such a situation in a boat is to be expected? You have already replaced the cabin sole because of rot. Have you probed the lower edges of the main bulkhead with a pointy thing ? like an ICE PICK. First stick an ice pick into a living tree and make note of how hard a tree is. Bulkheads are made from trees. Next stick your ice pick into the bulkhead down near the buttom, it should be as hard as a tree. If you can't find any rotten wood on your boat, then I am surprised that the doors seem to need trimming.
compressed enough to require you to recut the doors? Why would you even think that such a situation in a boat is to be expected? You have already replaced the cabin sole because of rot. Have you probed the lower edges of the main bulkhead with a pointy thing ? like an ICE PICK. First stick an ice pick into a living tree and make note of how hard a tree is. Bulkheads are made from trees. Next stick your ice pick into the bulkhead down near the buttom, it should be as hard as a tree. If you can't find any rotten wood on your boat, then I am surprised that the doors seem to need trimming.
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