[Rhodes22-list] Cabin floor warp

[KenBates]

All will become clear when my ambition to type returns
Ken

Blue Heron wrote:
> 
> Ken,
> 
> If those vertical pieces are what are generally called compression posts
> for
> the mast, they should rest on the stringer they are next to.  It is hard
> to
> tell from the pics whether there is enough room adjacent to the panel
> resting on the stringer for the full depth of the posts to fit.  But if
> they
> can fit, an easy fix would be to shorten the posts and set them on the
> stringer.
> 
> Rick
> 
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:37 AM, KenBates <btskend at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>  This repair happend last fall. A series of computer failures resulted in
>> the loss of the photos I had taken.
>> The recovery of some of those photos is motivation to post this story. It
>> will be in segments as I hate to type! please note that this all happened
>> last fall and the repairs are finished, suggestions are welcome, but its
>> a
>> done deal.
>>   When I purchased Serenity I noticed that the cabin floor had a
>> depression
>> under the mast support post.
>> I wasn't overly concerned as the boat overall was in much better
>> condition
>> the other boats I had been looking at. Having been sold on a Rhodes 22 by
>> a
>> chance encounter with an enthusiastic rhodes owner
>> and having lost a boat by thinking about it for a day! I bought her
>> gladly.
>>   Preparing to launch her last spring (puchase in the middle of winter) I
>> discovered that the floor had a "moustach" shaped distortion and that the
>> two center stringers apeared to be raised higher than the rest of the
>> floor.
>> During the Summer I rebunked and refreshed the trailer.Being ready to
>> believe that the sloppy half rotted bunks had let the bottom rest heavily
>> on
>> the keel roller and center guides causing the warp.
>> At boat out time it was aparent that the hull had not changed shape and
>> the
>> trailer had ample clearance so
>> I installed a couple of jacks between the cabin roof and the stringrers,
>> plugged in a heater and let it set for a week with no change.........
>> more
>> later
>> Ken
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31371371/floor.jpg
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31371371/floor2.jpg
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31371371/floor3.jpg
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