Need to replace the interior wood slats on inside of hull surface behind main cabin bookshelves.

These look like 1.25" x .25" slats, with beveled edges. Anyone know what kind of wood these are made of, and where to get them?

TPI does not know.

Thanks

The strips are called "ceiling" strips. According to the "Specifications" page on the J/Boats web site for the J/30, they are white cedar. I don't know where you could get them stock, but I'm sure a hardwood dealer could rip a cedar board to size for you and probably run them through a shaper to bevel the edges. They would probably take a "six quarter" board and plane it to 1.25 inches, then rip one-quarter inch slats from it.

[This message has been edited by jmruzzi (edited 10-10-2002).]

They should be white cedar. You can get them made at anyplace that makes custom hardwood moulding. Anchor Hardwoods on the internet (physically in North Carolina) will do it also.

I am putting strips in my boat now. She did not originally have them. I chose to do them in white ash because it's more durable than white cedar. However, the grain is considerable different, so you should stick with the cedar unless you want to do the whole boat. It's not a ard job. Takes more to remove things in the way then it does to put the strips in. i did the starboard side behind the cabinets in about an hour the other day.

Thanks all for the replies.

Mark, I assume taking out the bookshelves and reassembling goes smoothly? Anything to watch out for?

Also, it looks like the ceiling strips are simply screwed through the interior skin and about halfway into the core with no bonding agent. I would think it makes sense to seal the holes with a little dab of silicon. Would you agree?

be very carefull if you want to reinstall your original cabinets! 1. They are glued to the bulkheads. 2. Mine went in after the galley and the galley cabinet screws were into the cabinet on the other side. Also, due to old water problems, two of mine simply fell apart while taking them out. Consequently, Hull #62 will be getting brand new cabinetry. The new raised panel doors are nice but have no doubt, it has been work. Some of my old ones might be salvaged if you mess up just the right one.

The strips, as I understand it, are just screwed righ in, as is everthing else (all the shelves, cabinets, etc.). I would not seal it. My boat has had water leaks running right over these screw holes and I had to fix not one core problem where the screw holes were not sealed. There were a few add ins that were sealed. One of these was quite a problem. Expect the water to get in if it gets there no matter what you do. Leave it a way to get out. I am.

I'd attach a pic of some of my new wood work, but can't figure out how. Send an e-mail if you'd ike to see. schnitz@wueconc.wustl.edu