Removal of deck hardware
By Ryan on Sunday 25 July 2010, 22:55 - Hardware and rigging - Permalink
So today was
dedicated to removing the remaining deck hardware. I had a helping hand from my
dad who is visiting from America, and we discovered some more horrible work
from some anonymous previous owner.Today's work started by removing the hardware from the deck:
Once done, this gave me a nice surface to work with:
In the removal of these pieces, I was not surprised to see that in many cases all the bolts/screws were loose, and in some cases did not have even a washer...or even nuts!
So when I put these back on, I will of course have stainless-steel back plates and appropriate washers and nuts.
We then removed the trim along the outside:
When we did this, I discovered that the leak on the inside did not come from poorly-filled holes, but rather, but the joint where the hull meets the deck. As you can see, there is no overlap, but rather they just meet up. This was a problem with early fiberglass boats. Here you can see that in many parts, there is quite a considerable gap, in which the water comes when it rains:
I will be fixing this eventually.
So here is the photo of the Jouët Caprice without the deck hardware:
Once done, this gave me a nice surface to work with:
In the removal of these pieces, I was not surprised to see that in many cases all the bolts/screws were loose, and in some cases did not have even a washer...or even nuts!
So when I put these back on, I will of course have stainless-steel back plates and appropriate washers and nuts.
We then removed the trim along the outside:
When we did this, I discovered that the leak on the inside did not come from poorly-filled holes, but rather, but the joint where the hull meets the deck. As you can see, there is no overlap, but rather they just meet up. This was a problem with early fiberglass boats. Here you can see that in many parts, there is quite a considerable gap, in which the water comes when it rains:
I will be fixing this eventually.
So here is the photo of the Jouët Caprice without the deck hardware:
