My 32-3 has storm damage which has peeled the rubrails and opened the hull/deck seam on both sides to the point that it does leak inside, despite the interior layers of glass cloth. Haven't found the interior plies damaged so far, but the seam is split open in spots and I've found some long screws which go through the interior plies.
I've found earlier threads which show others (Mark F, nepenthe, ralph roddam, +) have ground off the seam and glassed over the area and my damage is long enough that I'd like to go in this direction. Ref:
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?10485-35-II-rubrail
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?1260-Hull-to-deck-joint-leak
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoex...e-Rail-Repair/page2&highlight=glassed+rubrail
For example, here is a photo nepenthe posted of his 1975 E35-2:
[While this looks great, I do plan to add something over the glass for a new rubrail.]
He wrote: "I cut the whole thing off, ground the hull smooth, laminated two layers of FG cloth over the outside and two over the inside with West epoxy, faired it and painted it."
In my experience, repairs should be generally close to the thickness of what is being repaired and the hull/deck are probably roughly 1/2" thick in the area. The following is a cross section of a E34, also from the E.Y.o forum:
So my questions are:
1. While I will grind out and epoxy the crack, plus will glass what I can inside, the real repair will be external. So does anybody have any experience or thoughts on number of external plies to use?
2. Other experience in what it took for others to do this?
Thanks in advance!
Bob / Tin Kicker
I've found earlier threads which show others (Mark F, nepenthe, ralph roddam, +) have ground off the seam and glassed over the area and my damage is long enough that I'd like to go in this direction. Ref:
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?10485-35-II-rubrail
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?1260-Hull-to-deck-joint-leak
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoex...e-Rail-Repair/page2&highlight=glassed+rubrail
For example, here is a photo nepenthe posted of his 1975 E35-2:
[While this looks great, I do plan to add something over the glass for a new rubrail.]
He wrote: "I cut the whole thing off, ground the hull smooth, laminated two layers of FG cloth over the outside and two over the inside with West epoxy, faired it and painted it."
In my experience, repairs should be generally close to the thickness of what is being repaired and the hull/deck are probably roughly 1/2" thick in the area. The following is a cross section of a E34, also from the E.Y.o forum:
So my questions are:
1. While I will grind out and epoxy the crack, plus will glass what I can inside, the real repair will be external. So does anybody have any experience or thoughts on number of external plies to use?
2. Other experience in what it took for others to do this?
Thanks in advance!
Bob / Tin Kicker