I have a 1984 Oday 28. The interior framing under the cabin stairs and around the inboard diesel is damaged and can no longer support the insulated panel cover so the motor is exposed in the cabin. I will replace the two top area barrel mounts used to secure the panel but I also need to replace one vertical framing member on the starboard side of the motor enclosure facing the navigation table. It is 26.75" tall and 1 7/8" wide by 1.25" deep. There is a notch on the side leaving 3/8" x 3/8" exposed and making most of the vertical frame piece a square 1 7/8" x 1 7/8 ". The purpose of this extended aft area is to support the back of the cover panel when it in is place. this part of the framing member is the root of the problem. It is cracked and half of it no longe exists and therefore provides no firm backing to the cover panel. As teak (which I believe is the current material) is hard to come by, I will replace this with white oak or poplar or douglas fir and will apply polyurethane before installing. My first challenge is how to remove the existing frame member. It is attached with the aide of an interior-to-the-enclosure vertical piece of wood that has screws going forward to the bad frame member and going starboard to the side panel of the motor enclosure. I will remove all of these screws (probably about 6 or so in each direction) and then hope the frame member will be removable. I fear that it is also glued in place and prying that off may be hard to do without also damaging the side panel that i wish to keep. Any advice on this operation would be much appreciated.
