On 20 October I used a moisture meter to map the contour on where the wet areas are located. A stbd stanchion is shown with the moisture meter and the contour line with moisture at the 15% reading on the meter.
On the port side, the primary winch is the source of water infiltration.
There are a few stanchion bases that also are a source of moisture.
The area by the anchor locker hinges is wet along the with port and stbd chainplate areas.
The stbd cockpit has moisture below the stbd side where the foot rest is located.
The area forward bow pulpit mounts are a source of moisture.
The following are moisture maps for the bottom. The entire std side below the waterline is wet. The source of moisture is the transom - rudder mounts, exhaust and cockpit drains. The area surrounding the keel is wet on both sides.
2 comments:
The primaries have 3/4" plywood that is probably soaked as well. There is also a layer of fiberglass that separates the two. It would appear that they added the backing piece for support after the deck was constructed.
re-check the area of your jam cleat under your wet primary for moisture as the balsa is connected to the deck balsa in that area. The whole area was soaked on mine.
Remember that the core starts around 1 1/2" from the toerails.
The anchor locker lid is also cored so you have to do the drill/ fill technique on it as well. I figured that out the hard way.
Just remove the chainplates and seperate the core from the plate area with an 1" of thickened filled epoxy all around.
I hope you like epoxy mess.
I would get a hold of a dual action sander if you don't have one. The regular random orbital would take decades.
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