Forward section of the starboard keel opened up to view the scrap metal. Plan is to add another fifty pounds of lead to each keel and maybe top it off with concrete. These three photos are looking straight down into the tops of the keels.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
End of Week 2 in Pictures, Drains, Cockpits and Bulkheads complete
New drains of heavey fiberglass and an inside diameter of 1.5 inches. Drains locked into the new supporting bulkheads with marine plywood and fiberglass.
Panorama view of new bulkheads for and aft.
New bulkheads glassed and painted for the Port and Starboard berths.
Forward section of the starboard keel opened up to view the scrap metal. Plan is to add another fifty pounds of lead to each keel and maybe top it off with concrete. These three photos are looking straight down into the tops of the keels.
Forward section of the starboard keel opened up to view the scrap metal. Plan is to add another fifty pounds of lead to each keel and maybe top it off with concrete. These three photos are looking straight down into the tops of the keels.
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Hi I am really enjoying your updates as I am doing my own renovation and sometimes wish I had gutted my boat interior but I am doing the work myself so limited the work to what was essential. If you could post some more pics of how you did the bulkheads under the cockpit that would be great. Did you strengthen under teh cockpit floor? Mine is very flexible and not sure how to remedy. Also your cockpit drains are still straight down did you think of crossing them over or decide not worth it? Interested to hear your comments and thoughts. Regards, Andy Alacrity Sea Witch
Hi Andy,
The glass covered original plywood around the sides of the cockpit used to connect it to the hull beneath the cockpit. 1) it was all rotten, so Rob kicked/ground it out , 2) replaced it with new plywood, vinyl putty and glass, 3) also added a new piece beneath the middle of the cockpit from the cabin floor to the transom. This totally stiffened the cockpit floor. You can see the cabin end of the new plywood between the above photo of the new drains beneath the cockpit floor, it's that vertical board between the drains. There are some earlier shots in a previous post that show it before painting and glassing. Rob's method of making the custom pieces is something they teach at the wooden boat school here in town, where you use thin strips of wood to build a template in place by snapping off pieces and hot glueing them to fit. The pull out the perfect(ish) template to cut your plywood.
Ah, regarding the drains, they've become a part of the bulkheads supporting the cockpit, the old ones were removed, the holes made bigger to handle the 1 1/2 inch inside diameter of the monster strong fiberglass tubes. You can see in the picture above that the drains are more like pillars and are attached to the bulkheads... a bit overbuilt, but the original drains were way too small and constantly clogging.
Cheers,
Jeff
Hi Jeff, that is very helpful. My bulkheads are also rotton around hte bottom as no holes to let water drain away. I wondered if the central piece of wood extended under the cockpit floor and that makes perfect sense. I might need to take out more than I antipated to get the new bulkheads in but probably worth doing it now as I doubt I will do this amount of major work again. I also like the drains idea, you are right the existing ones are way too small. I could fabrigate fibreglass tubes myself as well so that would be easy to do.
Have you also renewed the cockpit lockers? I was thinking of making mine sealed from the cabin as the thought of being pooped and water rushing below through the lockers did not fill me with joy. J24 used to have that problem, then they sank.
Regards,
Andy
Hi Andy,
Yes, the new lockers are sealed from the cabin with vinyl putty and epoxied fiberglass. The original lockers had some thin wood framing material, like 1x1 (3/4" by 1") that had rotted, it wasn't structural, so they weren't replaced, giving more room to work and more storage.
The new drains are made from fiberglass tubing, that was fairly thick and very strong, I didn't get the outside dimensions before Rob covered them, but I know the inside is 1.5 inches.
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