Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Leaking Windows

Ever wonder how much damage a little leak can do or how far the rot goes? I figured from the funky smell that there was mold growing under the surface of the aft cabin sides.
 Looked OK on the surface..






This picture was taken during the demo work in the aft cabin. The bulkhead between the cabin and the head has been removed as well as the stupid bathtub!












 Here is the same area with the Formica and top
layer of plywood removed. The builder used 4 molds (hull, deck, trunk cabin and flybridge ) to put the boat together. You can see the up-turned flange at the inside edge of the deck. The trunk cabin sat on the deck outside of this flange. Unfortunately they did not glass the inside surface of the plywood that was bonded to the fiberglass cabin sides, so it rotted from the inside.
I was able to remove most of the rotten plywood with a shop vac....



Hers is a view of the port side window area, again with the top layer of plywood removed.

 So those window leaks are a much bigger problem that one might think. I can't wait till I rip the walls out in the main cabin...

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