[Rhodes22-list] Sole soft spot

[stan]

Rex

There is a wood backing for the fiberglass and while it was built 
encapsulated in glass it probably got water into it and an area rotted 
leaving a soft spot under the cockpit glass floor.  One fix is to drill a 
series of decorative hole patterns    The holes size should be large enough 
to inject some resin (liquid epoxy is probably best) in one hole and see it 
come up another.   The filled holes will just look like plugs in the floor.

If it is adjacent to the table base the water may have come in from that 
fixture.   Remove the base and see if you can just dig out the rotted 
section so it can be re-filled with a resin and filler.  Don't worry if you 
break the base in the process - we will send you another one.   Too bad you 
live so far away - we could do it here.  If you need help, holler.

stan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Henthorn" <rexh at sbcglobal.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:57 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sole soft spot


>       I seem to have developed a 'soft spot' about 6 inches in diameter 
> about a foot in front of the table mount bracket of the cockpit sole. 
> There is no apparent damage but when you put weight on it----you can 
> definitely feel the sole depress.  I see no leaks into the bilge after 
> heavy rains suggesting cracks or openings.  Question:  Do I have a problem 
> for which the boat needs attention or a case of 'boathypychondria'?
>  RexH
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