A rescue plan was put into place. I had the whole cuddy inspected and removed several pieces of wood that were rotted. Maybe rain water had seeped in but the wood were glassed with epoxy and glass cloth. The next logical explanation from my timber merchant friend was the few pieces of wood that rotted had been cut from near the bark of the tree and as such it is vulnerable to rotting. It proves that my experience in selecting the meranti wood had not been good!
Because the boat had been built strong and well when the damaged wood had to be removed some of the plywood came out with it!
I cut away most of the plywood leaving only the structures . Another piece of marine ply will be laid on top of this.
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I was sorry to hear about the rot, I don't understand it either apart from bad wood
To replace plywood with glass you will need to use foam as well to make it stiff enough.
4 x 600g is stiff by itself for small areas, but bigger will need to be 600g glass each side of 12mm foam
Have you considered making a wood mast?
I would mount the engine in the centre of the cockpit, as on the sailing version. Otherwise you will have problems making a new mount when in the water. Having it in the cockpit is better when motoring, having it on the aft beam is better when sailing (something that applies to all catamarans of course). And I assume you will have rudders
A 8 or 9.9hp is enough on a Gypsy, so 15 is plenty of power
Mate thats a bummer, but better to find it now and not later.
ReplyDeleteMate thats a bummer, but better to find it now and not later.
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