[Rhodes22-list] Bow floatation

[Lou Rosenberg]

  Hi Steve
  Yeah,
  the procedure is NOT as user friendly as it appears in the WEST 
system repair manuals !
   I'm a" young" 54 but even with  good rubber knee pads working on my 
knees or squatting for hrs doing the dryfits and prep in a mask & 
goggles was tough.
  I am lucky in that my settee upright is in the best shape. I have 
decided to just  wet out my port side stringer and possibly glass  a 
few strips  to make it as secure as its new partner.
I also relaminated a new galley top and still have to finish that and 
put back the sink and its molding. ((how i removed that molding strip 
and didnt ruin it was a miracle itself!))
  I did most of that work in my warm basement.
good luck with your restoration job too.
  Lou

>Lou,
>
>I feel your pain.  I have just finished glassing in the starboard 
>floor stringer this past weekend.  Two weekends ago I put in the 
>port floor stringer.  A new settee upright, and the short bulkhead 
>between the galley/settee area and the V Berth.  Hopefully this 
>weekend I will have the floor,the galley, and the settee back in. 
>
>Steve,
>S/V Ad Astra
>>
>>  From: Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at MAIL.nyu.edu>
>>  Date: 2006/04/18 Tue PM 01:53:30 EDT
>>  To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bow floatation
>>
>>  Rob,
>>
>>  I am working on my interior now and have a similar issue.  Although
>>  my foam is not loose the bottom has two large holes which I can put
>>  my entire hand through.   The space you are referring to houses the
>>  water tank on my boat.
>>  I have decided to plug any holes with styrofoam from packing as I
>>  have been warehousing foam for portlight and battery case use in my
>>  project boat.   The canned foam is really just enough for large
>>  cracks and using as contact cement for other loose foam.
>>
>>  I just finished glassing in a new starboard stringer and galley floor
>>  stringer.  Took all of 3 days just to dryfit , level and wet out each
>>  one at a time last weekend.
>>    Lou
>>    project boat " Miracles"
>>
>>
>>
>>  >I reported to the list some time ago that the foam floatation in the
>>  >bow of our boat (1976 model) was "loose" and had shifted so that it
>>  >was no longer level and certainly useless as a berth.  I finally got
>>  >around to addressing it over the weekend.  I took the plywood
>>  >covering off (after unscrewing to 50 odd screws holding the hinge
>>  >together).  The foam had shifted aft and the forward part was lower.
>>  >So, how to pick up the forward part and lift it?  I tried screwing
>>  >in a large bolt but that didn't hold.  I looked around and there is
>>  >the anchor rode sitting there in it's storage bucket.  I looped the
>>  >rode around the bow part of the foam and it lifted right up.  I
>>  >pushed the aft end forward as I lifted and the chunk of foam
>>  >rotated.  I could feel in pop back into place.  Roger (back when he
>>  >was on the list) suggested using "Great Stuff" or some other type of
>>  >expanding foam to "glue" the foam back into place and I plan to do
>>  >that.  What surprised me though is there is about an 8 inch gap
>>  >between the foam and wooden "bulkhead" (for lack of a better word,
>>  >someone know the correct term?).
>>  >
>>  >So, what to do with this space?  I could fill it with foam, but that
>>  >would take probably 20 cans of spray in foam.  Or, buy the
>>  >two-part-mix-it-yourself-stuff pour in foam.  Or, maybe just use 2
>>  >by 8 blocking to keep the foam from shifting aft again.
>>  >
>>  >Any suggestions?  Anybody else's boat set up the same?  How is your
>>  >floatation foam set up?  thanks in advance
>>  >
>>  >Rob Lowe
>>  >S/V Getaway
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