Engine room hatch repair
Alan Grayson
Hi All, the mild steel that supports the gas struts in my engine room hatch has gotten water into it and is rusting away and expanding causing a bulge in the engine room hatch in 2 spots.
Has anyone done this repair?
I am planning on cutting the whole strengthener area ( which I've been told is end grain balsa) digging all the old balsa out as well as the mild steel backing then replacing it with something, maybe 3/8 plywood then fiberglassing the removed panel back
together.
For the mild steel plate I was just going to strengthen that area with fiberglass and thru bolt thru the hatch.
Does anyone have better ideas?
Regards
Alan Grayson
SV Ora Pai SM 406
St Lucia
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Steve Bell s/y Dusk SM378
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Alan Grayson
That would be great thanks Steve.
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Paul Guenette
Hi Steve,
Would you please send me a set of your project photos too. Thank you. Paul on Aramis, SM 444, in San Francisco Bay, California paulguenette@...
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Il 23/04/2020 14:31, Alan Grayson ha
scritto:
Hi All, the mild steel that supports the gas struts in my engine room hatch has gotten water into it and is rusting away and expanding causing a bulge in the engine room hatch in 2 spots.
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Paul Stascavage
Steve
Could you send me a set of those repair photos as well? Paul dot Stascavage at icloud dot com Thanks All the Best, Paul Stascavage S/V Rita Kathryn SM #466 RitaKathryn.com Currently Cruising Bahamas
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Charles Bell
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Steve Bell s/y Dusk SM378
Hi All ,
As I have had a few requests for the pictures and info I will try to upload a file over the weekend for all to see. Best Regards Steve Bell s/y Dusk sm#378
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Alan Grayson
Hi Steve, All those screws removed, were they just holding the sound insulation in place?
When I get a lot of water on the cockpit floor I get a squishy sound when I walk on it. I'm guessing that all the wood is water logged but if there are that many screws I imagine water would leak out of at least a couple of them and that is not the case.
Maybe I can just get away with what you did.
Regards
Alan Grayson
SV Ora Pai SM 406
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Sent: Saturday, 25 April 2020 1:50 PM To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Engine room hatch repair Hi All ,
As I have had a few requests for the pictures and info I will try to upload a file over the weekend for all to see. Best Regards Steve Bell s/y Dusk sm#378
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