Instead of one post a week or so with a mishmash of projects, I'll just do one per project and keep updating them. Today I made a huge leap, and now I gotta figure out how to fix it.
So I have a huge hole in my rudder, and a huge hole in my deck. I can't wait to be done with it. These pictures are only the start! After I cut this section out I couldn't find dry core, so I borrowed the brokers moisture meter and checked it, and the meter shows a huge section is wet, like 3'x4'. But IT LIES! Ok it doesn't lie, I just don't know how to use it properly. So I started cutting, and only cut into dry core. Now I'm REALLY pissed. So I pull up maine sail's instructions again, and go at it with the moisture meter again and only cut what shows REALLY wet.
So long story short I cut out a section about 1' wide and 3' long. All of it on areas with non-skid so it's not that bad. I did not take pictures of the final part because I was too dirty and annoyed to go down to my van and get my camera again. I'll post pics of that tomorrow.
On a good note, I went at the rest of the deck and it's dry everywhere else. Well, some areas show "moist" but after what I went through before, "moist" really means "dry"
This is the first layer, wet 1/2" plywood...
Wet plywood removed, this is the actual deck. Why Hunter made the deck two layers here? I dunno...
And this is what's underneath. Balsa...Under the mast. :shrug Why?!?
If they would have just glassed in some more plywood sealed off from the rest of the core, there wouldn't be a problem! Yeah the plywood would still be wet, but it would be a much easier fix. Now I gotta recore, and reskin 3 square feet of deck.
Here are the specifics that I found for the curious.
Top skin on mast step: 1/4-1/3" thick glass
Step Core: a piece of 1/2" plywood, rectangular, roughly the shape of the step
Deck skin: 1/4-1/3" except under the step, a little thinner 3-16" or so
Inner skin: about 1/4" glass
Cabin liner: 1/8" to 3/16" glass
Most of the deck is mat or chopper gun, very uneven thickness. The bottom layer seems to be mostly cloth or roving, that's probably where the strenght is, the top layer must be just for stiffness.
So I have a huge hole in my rudder, and a huge hole in my deck. I can't wait to be done with it. These pictures are only the start! After I cut this section out I couldn't find dry core, so I borrowed the brokers moisture meter and checked it, and the meter shows a huge section is wet, like 3'x4'. But IT LIES! Ok it doesn't lie, I just don't know how to use it properly. So I started cutting, and only cut into dry core. Now I'm REALLY pissed. So I pull up maine sail's instructions again, and go at it with the moisture meter again and only cut what shows REALLY wet.
So long story short I cut out a section about 1' wide and 3' long. All of it on areas with non-skid so it's not that bad. I did not take pictures of the final part because I was too dirty and annoyed to go down to my van and get my camera again. I'll post pics of that tomorrow.
On a good note, I went at the rest of the deck and it's dry everywhere else. Well, some areas show "moist" but after what I went through before, "moist" really means "dry"
This is the first layer, wet 1/2" plywood...
Wet plywood removed, this is the actual deck. Why Hunter made the deck two layers here? I dunno...
And this is what's underneath. Balsa...Under the mast. :shrug Why?!?
If they would have just glassed in some more plywood sealed off from the rest of the core, there wouldn't be a problem! Yeah the plywood would still be wet, but it would be a much easier fix. Now I gotta recore, and reskin 3 square feet of deck.
Here are the specifics that I found for the curious.
Top skin on mast step: 1/4-1/3" thick glass
Step Core: a piece of 1/2" plywood, rectangular, roughly the shape of the step
Deck skin: 1/4-1/3" except under the step, a little thinner 3-16" or so
Inner skin: about 1/4" glass
Cabin liner: 1/8" to 3/16" glass
Most of the deck is mat or chopper gun, very uneven thickness. The bottom layer seems to be mostly cloth or roving, that's probably where the strenght is, the top layer must be just for stiffness.
