The floor of the anchor locker pan on my E35-3 flexes whenever I crank on the manual windlass that I have installed inside the anchor locker. I've been wanting to reinforce it as well as rebed it, since I have some leaks there. I also wanted access to the underside of the bow pulpit and bow cleats for rebedding.
After a pretty full day of wrestling with it, I was finally able to remove the pan from the boat. My plan is to add a layer of chopped mat and a layer of woven roving to the underside of the pan. I was hoping that any of you who have done this project might tell me if that is what you did or if there's a better way. I wonder if it might be a good idea to use core material under the new glass layers to further stiffen the pan.
There isn't enough clearance around the sides of the pan to bring the glass layers up the sides. Any ideas would be most welcome. Thanks.
Laura Bertran
Footloose, 1985 E35-3
Annapolis, MD
After a pretty full day of wrestling with it, I was finally able to remove the pan from the boat. My plan is to add a layer of chopped mat and a layer of woven roving to the underside of the pan. I was hoping that any of you who have done this project might tell me if that is what you did or if there's a better way. I wonder if it might be a good idea to use core material under the new glass layers to further stiffen the pan.
There isn't enough clearance around the sides of the pan to bring the glass layers up the sides. Any ideas would be most welcome. Thanks.
Laura Bertran
Footloose, 1985 E35-3
Annapolis, MD