[Rhodes22-list] Cabin floor warp

[Cover-man]

Ken,

Is this Singerman's boat?

Art

Have a nice day!


On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:37 AM, KenBates <btskend at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
>  This repair happend last fall. A series of computer failures resulted in
> the loss of the photos I had taken.
> The recovery of some of those photos is motivation to post this story. It
> will be in segments as I hate to type! please note that this all happened
> last fall and the repairs are finished, suggestions are welcome, but its a
> done deal.
>   When I purchased Serenity I noticed that the cabin floor had a depression
> under the mast support post.
> I wasn't overly concerned as the boat overall was in much better condition
> the other boats I had been looking at. Having been sold on a Rhodes 22 by a
> chance encounter with an enthusiastic rhodes owner 
> and having lost a boat by thinking about it for a day! I bought her gladly.
>   Preparing to launch her last spring (puchase in the middle of winter) I
> discovered that the floor had a "moustach" shaped distortion and that the
> two center stringers apeared to be raised higher than the rest of the floor.
> During the Summer I rebunked and refreshed the trailer.Being ready to
> believe that the sloppy half rotted bunks had let the bottom rest heavily on
> the keel roller and center guides causing the warp.
> At boat out time it was aparent that the hull had not changed shape and the
> trailer had ample clearance so 
> I installed a couple of jacks between the cabin roof and the stringrers,
> plugged in a heater and let it set for a week with no change......... more
> later
> Ken
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31371371/floor.jpg 
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31371371/floor2.jpg 
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31371371/floor3.jpg 
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