Here's a topic that has been covered many times, cutting out and replacing wet and rotten deck balsa or plywood core. Yesterday I decided it was time to again seal the six chainplates for the shrouds. You Cherubini owners know that they all go right through the side decks and attach to bulkheads. Mine are solid but I always find wet core when I dig out the old silicone.
There is a lot written if you Google, e.g.: http://www.epoxyworks.com/19/Replacing_Core.html . So the question becomes: "is there any recent news on the subject?"
My plan is to attach the shrouds to the toerail. Then cut out a large rectangle, probably extending eight to ten inches beyond the chainplates both fore and aft and the width of the side deck, from the little step up to the toerail to the cabin side. That is as far as my thinking has taken me.
There is a lot written if you Google, e.g.: http://www.epoxyworks.com/19/Replacing_Core.html . So the question becomes: "is there any recent news on the subject?"
My plan is to attach the shrouds to the toerail. Then cut out a large rectangle, probably extending eight to ten inches beyond the chainplates both fore and aft and the width of the side deck, from the little step up to the toerail to the cabin side. That is as far as my thinking has taken me.