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This is a photo of the base of my 1970 E-32-200 compression post taken from the head area looking aft. The plywood at the bulkhead is mush. The problem is, that this is below the area of the bulkhead that I was planning on keeping. The compression post is wet, but not mush. I think a little...

I just finished removing all the rotten core I had at the bow. Since the damaged area was within the anchor locker, and the bottom skin as been damaged by the smallish fender washer used, I decided to attack it from the bottom. Here is my first question; I left a lip of the old bottom skin of...

There are a few things about the 1974 E27 that we have concerns with. Another is that the bow of the boat on the deck is very springy/squishy. I've read basically every thread on this site and other about rotten cores. The rot extends about 20 inches back from the bow. The PO replaced a...

Hi All, I was replacing my nav lights on the bow of the ole E27 last Sunday and encountered some brown slime (formerly balsa wood). I removed all of the hardware from the deck and drilled some exploratory holes beneath from the bow back as far as the vent for the anchor line (approx 2...

The forward port-side opening port in v-berth area leaked for some time, causing the wood panelling surrounding it to rot from the back side. Port has been removed, re-bedded, re-installed, no leak. But how the heck do I remove/replace the surrounding wood panelling which is slowly rotting away...