[Rhodes22-list] Foredeck support bracket

[Andrew Collins]

Hank

I am thinking along those lines as well. There was some rain water coming in
which was remedied with a strip of foam. Another season of observation is in
order.

Andrew

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:02 PM, <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> Boats flex and move. IMHO .25 inch is nothing to worry about.
>
> Hank
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Andrew Collins" <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:12:19
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Foredeck support bracket
>
>
> Herb
>
> Yes, the 'sandwich' of gelcoat, core and cabin liner move as one. The core
> is wood. The aft inner corners of the interior hatch trim frames move down
> under compression and back up for winter storage.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Andrew,
> >
> > Can you see compression of the ceiling inside the cabin? By this I mean,
> > is it possible that the .25" you're seeing is the gelcoat only
> > compressing, and not the entire fiberglass shell?
> >
> > I would look to see if the ceiling is compressing as well. If not, my
> > suspicions would lie with your core material in the fiberglass, in which
> > case shoring up your compression post won't do anything for you.
> >
> >
> > 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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