[Rhodes22-list] Foredeck support bracket

[Andrew Collins]

Bill

That is why I threw the 'brighter' bit out there. Methinks another season of
observation and some diligent sonar dousing as suggested by HP are in order.


Happy New Year

Andrew

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> The brighter idea is always to do nothing.
>
> "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>
> Even if Wally never said it.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
> Andrew Collins wrote:
> > The foredeck, concretely the area forward of the mast binnacle which in
> my
> > '86 (recycled 2006) depresses about .25" as soon as the mast is raised.
> > There is a hatch on both the port and starboard sides. The port hatch was
> > there in '06, the starboard one was added in '06. My feeling is the arch
> > formed by the top of the cabin trunk has been weakened a bit by the
> removal
> > of the material which allowed the installation of the hatches.
> > More info:  no cracking of the gelcoat or cabin liner is evident; to
> casual
> > observation my 200+ lbs weight on the spot between the hatches causes no
> > additional deflection; the depressed spot returns to the original shape a
> > few days after stepping the mast; on this boat the compression post is
> aft
> > and to port of the mast step.
> >
> > My bright idea is to make a wooden bracket jig (later to be duplicated in
> > stainless steel) that would attach under the mast step  and on the
> > compression post. This diagonal member would be about 8-10" long and have
> > plates at both under the deck and at the compression post to allow for
> the
> > generous use of screws. This will interfere with the head curtain, which
> > could be lowered.
> >
> > Has anyone had a similar problem? Since the flexing seems to be within
> the
> > limits of what the structure can take, i.e. it is not permanent and no
> > damage results, is the brighter idea to do nothing?
> >
> > Andrew
> > sv Carmen
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