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 …
Continuing the Port Installs – Cleaning up and finishing it off
In the last blog post, we left off by sealing the first of the ports by adding 3M 4000 and bedded the glass in this substance. We then forced more …
Trimming the Port Openings – Getting ready for new Ports
With our discoveries in the coach house roof (here and here and here) we decided we would shift our focus to something different to continue progress forward while we contemplated …
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 …
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 …
Testing for Rotted Deck Core
One of the things we have done previously on our boat was to inspect the core in the deck. We were pleasantly surprised when we did it because the core …
Testing for Delamination or Core rot on your boat.
To a sailor or boater more pause than cutting holes in their boat. It is one thing to drill a hole through the vessel for a new through hull …