[Rhodes22-list] deck shape

[Chris Geankoplis]

Bob,
    Why do I have a picture of you as Atlas?
Chris G

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com> wrote:

> Graham:  Being the foolish and impatient type, i used my back, stood up
> under the top pressing my back into it and put a 4x4 post with a cloth over
> the top under it to support then tapped the compression post and bulkhead
> in place with a mallet.  Then i tapped out the 4x4 and the compression post
> was firmly in place.  Right or wrong, I didnt give it 2 minutes of though!
> I was certain i had the base at the right height as i had made templates
> before i deconstructed the rotten base.  I just assumed the wide span of
> the fiberglass head liner was heavy and sagged.  My deck always remained
> rock solid.
> Bob (palatka)
> > On Aug 21, 2016, at 9:08 AM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> >
> > BoB:
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback. That is very helpful.
> > Yes, I had unstepped the mast and there was no load on the deck - not
> even
> > snow. I made the new bulkhead pieces using the old ones as templates and
> > placed them according to the fibreglass stubs that were in place to hold
> the
> > old pieces. Everything seems to be coming together properly so I am
> pretty
> > sure that the compression post base is in the correct place. The only
> > difference is that the old base had been distorting under the force of
> the
> > compression post over the years so the new piece corrected for that
> > accounting for perhaps as much as 1/2 inch in the drop of the cabin top.
> > What did you use to raise the cabin top in order to reinsert the
> compression
> > post? How much force did it take?
> > Thanks again,
> >
> >
> > Graham Stewart
> > Agile. R22, 1976
> > Kingston Ontario Canada
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of
> > Goodness
> > Sent: August 20, 2016 11:09 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] deck shape
> >
> > Graham:  i assume that your mast has remained unstepped during your
> > restoration.
> > Remember you have an inner hull so your cabin top has two layers. The
> center
> > of my cabin top interior dropped an inch immediately upon removing my
> > compression post.  I had the floor bulkhead replaced within a week but
> had
> > to lift the inner lining up to get the compression post to fit back into
> > place.  It is nice and tight and the deck is level and firm.  Fiberglass
> is
> > very flexible and strong. Make sure your base for the post is at the
> proper
> > height however.  Do you have an original bulkehad as well?  That helps
> you
> > guage that the compression post is in the right position.
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Bob (palatka)
> >
> >> On Aug 20, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am finally at the point in my restoration of Agile where am
> >> installing the compression post and main bulkhead. However, it appears
> >> that the cabin top has dropped by a full inch. I am left with the
> >> choice of either jacking up the deck so that the compression post fits
> >> or cutting the post back to fit the space. Does anyone know what the
> >> implications might be if I gradually jack up the cabin top? Might I
> >> crack the deck? Obviously I should have supported the cabin top when I
> >> removed the post but I didn't think it would deform when there was no
> load
> > on it.
> >>
> >> If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it. Otherwise I will
> >> try to rais the top very gradually and if that seems to require more
> >> than a moderate force I will live with the missing inch and tell
> >> myself that I am still growing.
> >>
> >>
> >> Graham Stewart
> >> Agile. R22, 1976
> >> Kingston Ontario Canada
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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