New stringers to replace the verm and support my new floor. Also added a "floor" in the aft part of the keel sump across my repair and a cross piece for a floor support forward.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Some before and after showing the current progress on the hull...
Before, green Brightsides.
Today,green is almost gone and the bottom gelcoat is stripped.
Rewrapping the keel to stub joint in cloth and G-Flex.
New core above center port trailer pad. Ice had lifted it and the boat about 6 inches. Made a small crack in the outer hull skin. No damage evident inside but I recored a 2 foot are a around it and replaced the outer skin.
Lining up some new core.
I dried the deck core around the chainplates in during Part 1. Successfully, I might add. However, the core in this area was soft. Stress cracks were showing through. Since I'm repainting the deck again, I've recored these areas.
Middle of fairing after recoring around port chainplate.
Last but not least. A crack showed up in the hull at the tail end of the keel after a grounding. We were pulled off backwards. Seems to have been a bad idea.
Lining up new core around the tail of the keel. Have to get all the puzzle pieces to fit tight. Didn't quite have it yet in this pic.
I will be recoring all the way around the keel, but the rest from the outside. Most of the stub to hull structure is the inner skin. It's heavy! The outer hull skin to stub connection is not much at all. Easier to replace from the outside.
I've dissected a piece of the outer skin to stub joint. The outer hull skin was laid first and right up tot he stub. Then the two layers of roving+mat from the outer layer of the stub were wrapped around the inside of the outer hull skin. One extends 12 inches and the other 6 inches. Balsa core was laid directly onto that. The real structure of the stub to hull joint is on the inside.
More on this later.
Before, green Brightsides.
Today,green is almost gone and the bottom gelcoat is stripped.
Rewrapping the keel to stub joint in cloth and G-Flex.
New core above center port trailer pad. Ice had lifted it and the boat about 6 inches. Made a small crack in the outer hull skin. No damage evident inside but I recored a 2 foot are a around it and replaced the outer skin.
Lining up some new core.
I dried the deck core around the chainplates in during Part 1. Successfully, I might add. However, the core in this area was soft. Stress cracks were showing through. Since I'm repainting the deck again, I've recored these areas.
Middle of fairing after recoring around port chainplate.
Last but not least. A crack showed up in the hull at the tail end of the keel after a grounding. We were pulled off backwards. Seems to have been a bad idea.
Lining up new core around the tail of the keel. Have to get all the puzzle pieces to fit tight. Didn't quite have it yet in this pic.
I will be recoring all the way around the keel, but the rest from the outside. Most of the stub to hull structure is the inner skin. It's heavy! The outer hull skin to stub connection is not much at all. Easier to replace from the outside.
I've dissected a piece of the outer skin to stub joint. The outer hull skin was laid first and right up tot he stub. Then the two layers of roving+mat from the outer layer of the stub were wrapped around the inside of the outer hull skin. One extends 12 inches and the other 6 inches. Balsa core was laid directly onto that. The real structure of the stub to hull joint is on the inside.
A few pics to bring us up to date. I "Rebuild Part 1" we:
Recored the main bulkhead.
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Recored under the starboard primary.
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Added ash ceiling batons.
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Recored the cabin top.
Upgraded cabinetry in the head...
The nav station...
And everywhere else.
Drilled and epoxy filled EVERY hole in the deck.
Painted the deck grey (my only regret from Part 1. It's too HOT!)
And various other things.
Recored the main bulkhead.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Welcome to the second major rebuild of J30 Hull number 62.
She has had many names including most recently Foghorn, No Spring Chickens, Kite, and originally Sandman in 1979. I met her when she was 4, bought her shortly after her 21st birthday, at now that she's 34, I've decided to keep her for life.
Her first two decades were tough. Racing once or more every week of the summer on Lake Erie. Accumulated battle scars, not all of which were well repaired. Projects underway include:
Repairing a crack in the hull at the tail of the keel
Recoring around both sides of the keel
Complete gelcoat strip of the bottom
Recoring around chain plates and starboard primary
Refinishing the hull and deck
Repowering, planing to solar-electric
She has had many names including most recently Foghorn, No Spring Chickens, Kite, and originally Sandman in 1979. I met her when she was 4, bought her shortly after her 21st birthday, at now that she's 34, I've decided to keep her for life.
Her first two decades were tough. Racing once or more every week of the summer on Lake Erie. Accumulated battle scars, not all of which were well repaired. Projects underway include:
Repairing a crack in the hull at the tail of the keel
Recoring around both sides of the keel
Complete gelcoat strip of the bottom
Recoring around chain plates and starboard primary
Refinishing the hull and deck
Repowering, planing to solar-electric
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