[Rhodes22-list] deck shape

Thu Aug 25 21:04:10 EDT 2016

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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com> wrote:

> Haha! Strong back. Very small head!
>
> Bob (palatka)
>
> > On Aug 24, 2016, at 10:43 PM, Chris Geankoplis <
> chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Bob,
> >    Why do I have a picture of you as Atlas?
> > Chris G
> >
> >> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Graham:  Being the foolish and impatient type, i used my back, stood up
> >> under the top pressing my back into it and put a 4x4 post with a cloth
> over
> >> the top under it to support then tapped the compression post and
> bulkhead
> >> in place with a mallet.  Then i tapped out the 4x4 and the compression
> post
> >> was firmly in place.  Right or wrong, I didnt give it 2 minutes of
> though!
> >> I was certain i had the base at the right height as i had made templates
> >> before i deconstructed the rotten base.  I just assumed the wide span of
> >> the fiberglass head liner was heavy and sagged.  My deck always remained
> >> rock solid.
> >> Bob (palatka)
> >>> On Aug 21, 2016, at 9:08 AM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> BoB:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the feedback. That is very helpful.
> >>> Yes, I had unstepped the mast and there was no load on the deck - not
> >> even
> >>> snow. I made the new bulkhead pieces using the old ones as templates
> and
> >>> placed them according to the fibreglass stubs that were in place to
> hold
> >> the
> >>> old pieces. Everything seems to be coming together properly so I am
> >> pretty
> >>> sure that the compression post base is in the correct place. The only
> >>> difference is that the old base had been distorting under the force of
> >> the
> >>> compression post over the years so the new piece corrected for that
> >>> accounting for perhaps as much as 1/2 inch in the drop of the cabin
> top.
> >>> What did you use to raise the cabin top in order to reinsert the
> >> compression
> >>> post? How much force did it take?
> >>> Thanks again,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Graham Stewart
> >>> Agile. R22, 1976
> >>> Kingston Ontario Canada
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> >> Behalf Of
> >>> Goodness
> >>> Sent: August 20, 2016 11:09 PM
> >>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] deck shape
> >>>
> >>> Graham:  i assume that your mast has remained unstepped during your
> >>> restoration.
> >>> Remember you have an inner hull so your cabin top has two layers. The
> >> center
> >>> of my cabin top interior dropped an inch immediately upon removing my
> >>> compression post.  I had the floor bulkhead replaced within a week but
> >> had
> >>> to lift the inner lining up to get the compression post to fit back
> into
> >>> place.  It is nice and tight and the deck is level and firm.
> Fiberglass
> >> is
> >>> very flexible and strong. Make sure your base for the post is at the
> >> proper
> >>> height however.  Do you have an original bulkehad as well?  That helps
> >> you
> >>> guage that the compression post is in the right position.
> >>> Good luck!
> >>>
> >>> Bob (palatka)
> >>>
> >>>> On Aug 20, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I am finally at the point in my restoration of Agile where am
> >>>> installing the compression post and main bulkhead. However, it appears
> >>>> that the cabin top has dropped by a full inch. I am left with the
> >>>> choice of either jacking up the deck so that the compression post fits
> >>>> or cutting the post back to fit the space. Does anyone know what the
> >>>> implications might be if I gradually jack up the cabin top? Might I
> >>>> crack the deck? Obviously I should have supported the cabin top when I
> >>>> removed the post but I didn't think it would deform when there was no
> >> load
> >>> on it.
> >>>>
> >>>> If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it. Otherwise I will
> >>>> try to rais the top very gradually and if that seems to require more
> >>>> than a moderate force I will live with the missing inch and tell
> >>>> myself that I am still growing.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Graham Stewart
> >>>> Agile. R22, 1976
> >>>> Kingston Ontario Canada
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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