[Rhodes22-list] Foredeck support bracket

[Andrew Collins]

Bill

But it keeps my mind occupied ...

Happy New Year

Andrew

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Observation!  Too little observation.  Too much action!
>
> Measure 5 times.  Cut once.  It's still 50-50 you'll blow it, but that's
> better than 90-10.
>
> You're too smart for your own good.  Stan builds idiot factors into
> these boats for people like me and Brad.  If we observe long enough,
> we're dead before we screw things up.
>
> Mt. Gay rum for the entire crew.
>
> Happy New Year,
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
> Andrew Collins wrote:
> > Bill
> >
> > That is why I threw the 'brighter' bit out there. Methinks another season
> of
> > observation and some diligent sonar dousing as suggested by HP are in
> order.
> >
> >
> > Happy New Year
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> 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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