[Rhodes22-list] Foredeck support bracket

[Bill Effros]

Andrew,

The brighter idea is always to do nothing.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Even if Wally never said it.

Bill Effros



Andrew Collins wrote:
> The foredeck, concretely the area forward of the mast binnacle which in my
> '86 (recycled 2006) depresses about .25" as soon as the mast is raised.
> There is a hatch on both the port and starboard sides. The port hatch was
> there in '06, the starboard one was added in '06. My feeling is the arch
> formed by the top of the cabin trunk has been weakened a bit by the removal
> of the material which allowed the installation of the hatches.
> More info:  no cracking of the gelcoat or cabin liner is evident; to casual
> observation my 200+ lbs weight on the spot between the hatches causes no
> additional deflection; the depressed spot returns to the original shape a
> few days after stepping the mast; on this boat the compression post is aft
> and to port of the mast step.
>
> My bright idea is to make a wooden bracket jig (later to be duplicated in
> stainless steel) that would attach under the mast step  and on the
> compression post. This diagonal member would be about 8-10" long and have
> plates at both under the deck and at the compression post to allow for the
> generous use of screws. This will interfere with the head curtain, which
> could be lowered.
>
> Has anyone had a similar problem? Since the flexing seems to be within the
> limits of what the structure can take, i.e. it is not permanent and no
> damage results, is the brighter idea to do nothing?
>
> Andrew
> sv Carmen
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