J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Rhapsody Transom Re-core and Other Areas Too

I know that trick well Bill - my company makes industrial touchscreens which our fabricator can of course use, except in my case its custom stainless work...

Bill
we had similar issues on St Elmo's Fire. Port chainplate, forward vent area and cabintop
for the chainplate we removed the head, cut the interior plastic, removed the old wet core, throughly dried the area, then put epoxy encapsolated wood covered with mat for the interior and thickened epoxy to fill space and bond to the hull and bulkhead. replaced the interior plastic. result seems to be if anything stronger than original. used West System as familiar with their product. key seems to be drying area and bonding repair to existing structure. cabin top and vent area was done the same with good results

Added some more to my blog on work in progress for the traveler, handrails and epoxy isolating some areas.

Here is a teaser photo..



Catch up with the blog post at this link

I'll need to follow up next off season similar to Charlie's post about the wet bulkhead.

Bill -- if you are going to need any advice, Taylor, shown here cutting a new teak beam for a J24 traveller, will be in Newport AC week.

Just turned 14, and working in his gramp's shop. Scheduled to install latter this week.
I continue to be amazed at what kids can do today. [photo by his grandma]

I've updated my blog in this post describing the 2012 spring launch preps. Finally pictures of the completed stbd deck recore, new traveler installation, installing Spartite at the mast partners, teak finish, and general elbow grease results. I'm waiting for a call from the yard telling me Rhapsody is in the sling so I can paint the keel bottom tonight, and wet sand tomorrow before splashing!

Of course - some teaser photos with more on the blog that can be seen in full resolution...

Thanks Bill I love reading your blogs as it gives me lots to think about but try to find the time. Cut into the starboard hull on the weekend and covered with plastic. Will core when I get back from Costa Rica.

Bill ... your use of masking tape to seal the mast is a great idea.

Well it's that time of the year again to start more off season maintenance projects. I decided to fix the wet core below the port primary winch - and start it two days before hurricane Sandy.

Here is a teaser photo:


Here is the latest Blog post link

Another Rhapsody Blog update. More on the port primary winch area recore, started on port bulkhead repair, and some electrical work.

Here are teaser photos.




Go to the Blog for details.

This weekend I completed installing the new chainplates to compensate for the port bulkhead that was wet near the top, but now filled with thickened epoxy.

Below is a teaser photo. Please see my blog post to read the details.


Original (shorter) - New Starboard (longer)- New Port (longer & Wider)