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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Core Rot”

Featured Image - How to cut new core, How to install a new Core Deck, How to repair boat Deck, Fixing Soft spots in boat

Cutting and installing the new Plywood Core

It is time to put in the new core. We have done a lot of work to get to this point, and it felt good to be taking the next …

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Core RotTermite Damage
Featured Image - How to use a Rabbet Joint to add strength to your boats deck, How to make new core stronger, how to join 2 peices of plywood

Adding strength with a rabbet joint

As we were making templates for the new core on our coach house roof, I came to a conclusion. Actually, this may have been more of an “oh shit” moment …

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Core Rotrabbet jointTermite Damage
Featured Image - How to prepare the surface for installing new core, How to replace the core in your boat deck

How to prepare for new Deck Core

In our last post, we showed how we made templates for the new core that we are to install. In this post, we will spend a bit of time discussing …

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Core Rot
Featured Image - Finding Rot near the CompanionWay

Exposing the Core near the Companionway

A few weeks ago, we found some rot and a sub-par repair to one of the bulkheads.  We inexplicably found this.  When I removed the core to the side of …

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Core RotCutting Fiberglass
Featured Image - Should I cut holes in my boat

Should I cut a hole in the boat???

“It Feels Soft, not solid,” he said. “Here let me tap it a few times.” She replied “Well stop stepping on it, that damn sure isn’t going to make it …

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Core Rot
Intro - Featured Image - Cutting away more of the Fiberglass skin to expose what is underneath

Cutting More Fiberglass – Based on what we found

When we cut the fiberglass off the roof of the coach house near the companionway, the core was in much worse shape than I originally anticipated.   I was hoping …

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Core RotCutting Fiberglass
Featured Image - Inspecing the Core and removing fiberglass for repair

Cut the Fiberglass and take a closer look at the core

After our exploratory holes to discover how the core was in the Coachhouse roof, we needed to take this to the next level.  This is very similar to a process I …

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Core RotCutting Fiberglasstermites
Off with the teak Decks Part 1 p Featured image

What to do with a Teak Deck Sailor…. (Sung like drunken sailor) – Teak Decks (Part 1)

From the day we bought this boat almost 2 years ago now, we have contemplated, thought, discussed, debated, researched, and waffled on what we would do about the teak decks. …

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