My 1978 O'Day 30 pristine except for a soft deck around the life line stanchions. Any suggestions on how to repair the deck and stiffen up the stanchions - some are really loose. Also, some of the stanchions are damaged and need to be replaced. Are replacements available?
Soft deck & damaged stanchions
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Stanchions for O'Day 30
Pete Rudy at D & R Marine may have your stanchions. He's the only one that I know who has all the O'Day parts. As for the the deck, You may have to cut out the old core, replace it, and do some Fiberglas reconstruction on those areas. there are some good books on that by Don Casey that you could find at the local library. I think that one of the biggest problems with doing a job like that is not so much the reconstruction work, but trying to match the Gel cote. A friend of mine had the same problem on his Pearson 26 and he wound up painting the whole deck with Awl Grip, but it came out beautiful. Anyway, give Rudy a call and ask him about it. Good luck! Joe
Pete Rudy at D & R Marine may have your stanchions. He's the only one that I know who has all the O'Day parts. As for the the deck, You may have to cut out the old core, replace it, and do some Fiberglas reconstruction on those areas. there are some good books on that by Don Casey that you could find at the local library. I think that one of the biggest problems with doing a job like that is not so much the reconstruction work, but trying to match the Gel cote. A friend of mine had the same problem on his Pearson 26 and he wound up painting the whole deck with Awl Grip, but it came out beautiful. Anyway, give Rudy a call and ask him about it. Good luck! Joe
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