Woo Hoo!!!! Finally got on the water today!

[Craig Weis]

From above post. NO NO not cut out the vee birth, from the bulkhead that the compression post is screwd


Since the births are coming out and maybe going back in, in pieces, ever consider running two bunks port/starboard and having a Vee Birth fwd and a flat area around the stairs/portapotty and continuing the layout straight into the area under the settees AND doing away with that block of foam under the cockpit sole. But a doubler would be needed under the sole to keep it from 'oil canning' and cracking in those ugly stress cracks. Say, 1/2" ply glued up under there and a few legs cut to form fit down the hull, kind of to tie it all in?

Draw a picture think about it. Do you really need everything running fore and aft?

skip's big idea.

[mrb]

Good for you, May you have many happy voyages

Melvin

[rwdsr]

Skip,
I thought about doing just that, cutting everything out and making a nice large V berth up forward, but the forepeake and the compression post are just in too good condition for me to justify re-doing it.  I've got another idea that, if it works will be really pretty.  If it works, I'll tell you all about it, if it doesn't, you won't ever hear about it.   LOL

[adifferentdrummer]

Hmmm, what's this other idea? We love ideas.

It sounds like you are off to a good start, cutting some holes for inspection and ventilation. I read an article somewhere last winter recommending the application of ethylene glycol (anti-freeze) to rotten wood. After a little searching, I came up with this interesting article:

Chemotherapy for Rot
http://www.simplicityboats.com/chemorot.html

Obviously the best solution to rot is to cut it out completely and replace the damaged area. If you can't do that, then the liberal use of antifreeze on the rotting wood will kill the fungus. The antifreeze will evaporate, leaving behind just a slight residue which is toxic to the fungus that causes rot.

This is not a new idea and there seems to be a good deal of information on the subject.
Maybe a combination of 'chemo' and surgery will arrest the rot allowing you to leave enough of the original wood for a framework to skin with some new material. I've been entertaining the idea of skinning my berths with a laminate like a kitchen counter top.

Keep us posted,
Milt

[rwdsr]

Oh no, all the rot will be cut out.  I won't have any of that left  Then I have some interlocking finished 3/4 inch hardwood flooring left from doing my dining room a couple of years ago.  I'll put that down as far back as you can see, and then then go from there to the end of the berth with 3/4 inch plywood already painted.  That hardwood flooring down there in the cabin will be pretty and will give you a couple of inches more for your shoulders.

[kickingbug1]

   check around on the site, i know one of our guys seperated the deck from the hull, he had a whole series of pictures. its a big job but if i had the rot problem that you have, i would go full bore and take the boat apart and fix it good. i would agree that the area around the berths has got to be as strong as possible. i think that means tabbing in support wood. i hope your fix works. i cant believe how much better the outside looks. superb job so far.

[Napier6]

Rwdsr:  Nice work & beautiful pictures!  Glad to hear I wasn't the only one out.  Saturday the 23rd in Ga. was a grey 42F day with 17knt winds.   It was fun watching some PHRF boats racing.  I had to limit myself to 45 min. because my motor was hard to start on the outset.  I didn't want to beat back to the dock in the dark.  Sure enough as I pulled in bow forward with 17knts pushing me the motor conked out!  I jumped up with the boathook and grabbed the dock cleat, with my heart thumping.  I then wondered why my dock line was missing.  In my excitement I pulled into the wrong slip.  I considered packing it in but decided to continue my "learning experience" by docking all over again.  I got the Tohatsu fired back up and in reverse, angled the rudder a bit and slid sideways two slips.  Worked like a charm.   I guess now's the time to do a little preventative maintenance on the motor. 

[Craig Weis]

Sounds like that rot gut fuel needs to go.
Ain't boating a gas?

skip.

[rwdsr]

Skip - yes Sir! Boating (Sailing) is truly a gas!  I am really amazed at the journey I've taken this summer, and looking for the days to come.

Napier - showed your post to the Admiral, she said, "Well now I know that you weren't the only nut on the lake that day".  LOL  Wonderful picture by the way.

[curtisv]

Just an FYI-

Anyone in the northeast with a very serious need to get out on the water in winter can check out Cape Cod Frosty sailing.  See http://www.capecodfrosty.org/ and http://www.frostyfleet9.org/.  I think the Cape Cod and Nantucket fleets are also somewhat active in winter, but not sure.

Curtis

ps - no, I don't sail a Frosty, nor do I sail in winter.