I hear a disarming sound coming from my cockpit sole when I board. Creeeekkkk. Is this old age, or something more serious to be concerned with. There appears to be no delamination, and the cockpit floor seems solid and firm. But when I walk around in the cockpit, it sounds a little like I'm walking on bubble wrap. Should I be concerned? I am. Neil Smith
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Neil - check our O'Day site
Somebody just asked a similar question about an O'Day earlier this week. I don't believe it was in one of the Shared Forums, so you'd need to go to: www.odayowners.com to see it. I seem to recall it was nothing to worry too much about.
Somebody just asked a similar question about an O'Day earlier this week. I don't believe it was in one of the Shared Forums, so you'd need to go to: www.odayowners.com to see it. I seem to recall it was nothing to worry too much about.
NO NOISE IS GOOD NEWS
QUESTION: do you have pedestal steering? if so does it "move" ?, if so this means that one day soon, when You untie your dock lines, make a turn up or down the canel, or during a sail, you'll loose your steering, what you have to do is drop your sails set your anchor, disconnect your cables from the sheaves and quardrant, and use your auxillary steering tiller, if you have a tiller, there's no great problem, what you have is delamination of the cockpit floor, the 3/4" thk plywood that's sandwiched between the cockpit floor and the sub cockpit floor, has seperated, get a 1/4" drill bit, put a stop on it, set for 5/16" depth, and drill a hole pattern every 3" centerline to centerline, both horriz. and vertical, buy some West marine 1 to 1 epoxy, with about 15% acetone to thin it out and allow the wood to absorb the epoxy, and fill all the holes, with a sryinge, once dried, cap off the holes with filler, then paint your floor. don't walk on it for at least a few days. good luck
QUESTION: do you have pedestal steering? if so does it "move" ?, if so this means that one day soon, when You untie your dock lines, make a turn up or down the canel, or during a sail, you'll loose your steering, what you have to do is drop your sails set your anchor, disconnect your cables from the sheaves and quardrant, and use your auxillary steering tiller, if you have a tiller, there's no great problem, what you have is delamination of the cockpit floor, the 3/4" thk plywood that's sandwiched between the cockpit floor and the sub cockpit floor, has seperated, get a 1/4" drill bit, put a stop on it, set for 5/16" depth, and drill a hole pattern every 3" centerline to centerline, both horriz. and vertical, buy some West marine 1 to 1 epoxy, with about 15% acetone to thin it out and allow the wood to absorb the epoxy, and fill all the holes, with a sryinge, once dried, cap off the holes with filler, then paint your floor. don't walk on it for at least a few days. good luck
creaks in the sole and deck.
sounds lke all that we have looked for in a sail boat, and sailing creeking planks, waves crashing over the decks. (and the rocks of cape horn just sited ten feet away!)
sounds lke all that we have looked for in a sail boat, and sailing creeking planks, waves crashing over the decks. (and the rocks of cape horn just sited ten feet away!)
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