Ya I was going to suggest Morning Views page as well. That was a major job done in a professional manner. I see the boat was sold. Did you buy it. My suggestion would be to drill a grid of holes into the core and let it dry over the next winter. To accelerate the process you can fill the holes with 99.9% rubbing alcohol. it helps to draw out the water. definitely its a slow process that will require the boat covered and dry under. I would even use lamps to heat things up slightly to accelerate it all. Then in the spring test to see if everything is dry. if it is dilute epoxy with acetone. perform your own tests to determine a suitable percentage by dipping cartboard paper into the mixture. seeing how well it draws the epoxy in and how hard it gets when it all dries. they say not to think more then 10% but i was able to do 50% with good results. I will retest again this year to make my final decision. basically u take the dilluted stuff and fill the drilled out holes. let it soaks the core, then add some less diluted epoxy and at the end fill it with the pure stuff. Its a method that if done correctly can save a lot of work that would be involved in in what Morning View had done. basically patience is no.1 requirement. you need to make sure the core is dry. if the core is too far gone with mold in it then this method might not be the way to go since mold holds moisture so ordinary drying will not work. the other main thing is to get the mixture correct and to infuse the core with proper amounts to get penetration and then more strength with less diluted formulas to soak in the worst spots.
I have a 1981 C&C 34 and love it so far. This year im adding shorepower AC panel, mastervolt battery charger inverter, going to try fitting a 3rd battery, got a kenwood kmr-700 stereo, x-5 with p70 autopilot, fridge, want to run wifi and radio cable for antennas in mast, bluesea vessel systems monitor and i might still need to get a new depth and speed transducer with a tridata display. And thats just electrical. Im getting nervous about all this. I hope the weather warms up to 10 degrees so the work can start. I also want to stiffen up the stantion bases, I have cracks all around them, finish the work in the bilge and paint it all up. Also I want to built my own Bimini. I got the stainless steel tubes waiting. got a sowing machine. just designing/building the device for the bending. Im also going to mount at least one solar panel on top. The price of buying older and cheaper is that they require work. Fortunately I got the critical stuff done mostly. Only the stantions and to a lesser part the bilge remain. I also hope when i try unscrewing the zinks out of the engine there will still be something left on them. The boat had minor electronics on it and no shore power so risk of galvanization was minimal i hope. Also a good tip is to buy everything you need during the winter. it gives you time to wait for sales, gives you plenty of time to research products and prices and going informed to the boat show does pay off.
