Has anyone separated hull from deck on a DS II?
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:15 pm
Serious injury to my beloved but tired old (1972) o'Day built DSII has me contemplating the feasibility of separating hull from deck.
The injury is a slash just forward of the centerboard case that is a longitudinal slash about 6inch long but it has a ragged tear crosswise at the forward end.
So it would be a tricky repair anyway because, being a DS II, I can only get at one side of the repair.
But the slash reveals gobs of very sick soggy looking styrofoam trying to get out.
Many years ago I did a whole winter's project digging out and repairing gel coat blisters, fairing and then barrier coating the boat's bottom. But this spring I noticed that new blisters had formed. My guess is that soggy foam runs all the way under the cockpit floor of my boat and I'm wondering if anyone has successfully separated hull and cockpit moldings. I could then, not only easily get at and repair the hull slash, but also remove and dry out the whole interhull space and replace the styrofoam with closed cell noodles.
If it's doable, it would be a great opportunity to i) improve the centreboard up and down hauls so they don"t leak into the inter-hull space AND ii) stiffen the hull so it doesn't beercan (flex) so easily. Anyone got any thoughts on those additional projects?
Fair winds...
Felix
The injury is a slash just forward of the centerboard case that is a longitudinal slash about 6inch long but it has a ragged tear crosswise at the forward end.
So it would be a tricky repair anyway because, being a DS II, I can only get at one side of the repair.
But the slash reveals gobs of very sick soggy looking styrofoam trying to get out.
Many years ago I did a whole winter's project digging out and repairing gel coat blisters, fairing and then barrier coating the boat's bottom. But this spring I noticed that new blisters had formed. My guess is that soggy foam runs all the way under the cockpit floor of my boat and I'm wondering if anyone has successfully separated hull and cockpit moldings. I could then, not only easily get at and repair the hull slash, but also remove and dry out the whole interhull space and replace the styrofoam with closed cell noodles.
If it's doable, it would be a great opportunity to i) improve the centreboard up and down hauls so they don"t leak into the inter-hull space AND ii) stiffen the hull so it doesn't beercan (flex) so easily. Anyone got any thoughts on those additional projects?
Fair winds...
Felix