My first rot - an update (photos)

Shuggy

Shuggy

Well-Known Member
Joined
10 Mar 2006
Messages
1,182
Location
Argyll
Visit site
Thanks for all the pointers about deck replacement following my shock rot doscovery a few weeks ago. I took 4 days off work last week to sort it all out, and here's my week in photos! No commentary required excet that I'm shattered & I've now had my first pop at 'proper' boat maintenance. It was very satisfying and my great new discovery is 'Gorilla Glue' which is a 20 minute D4 polyurethane glue. The ply is 4 layers of Robbins marine 1/2" (to allow the necessary bending) and the final covering is fire retardant polyester resin as I happened to have some lying around. The rest of the decks are polyester rather than epoxy, but they're painted too. I've put the deck fittings back but forgot to take a picture.

452870841_ee72dabc1d.jpg


452871227_65b8e8286c.jpg


452895802_00b62197cd.jpg


452897672_5f36fe3f0a.jpg


452899108_aa231056b6.jpg


452901206_5ec1a5f57d.jpg


452900466_cab9d75473.jpg


452901556_55d61c1db5.jpg
 
Excellent job! Was that a teak deck beneath, or just teak ply? Pity if it wqas a teak deck covered up.
 
Thanks - sadly, it was a teak deck covered up. It had been leaking badly before her previous owner covered it up with ply & GRP and the side planks (don't know the technical name!) where I did the work above were crumbly rotten. A real shame, but more hassle & money than they were worth to replace with proper teak.
 
Ahhh ..... The beauty of owning a wood boat, and remember you can continue repairing it until they stop growing trees. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Tis a pity about the teak deck though but it wont detract from the lines.

Well done, you were worried about this a few weeks ago /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

All the best
Tom
 
At last! Someone who gets on with the job! Nice work. Did you pre paint the underside of the ply first? Good to be rid of that laid deck too, they are responsible for many a rotten boat. Great boat too, though you may find that dark hull colour gives you cracking on the seams. A light pastel colour is best for the ship!
 
Thanks - I understand what you're saying about the colour but I don't think that pastel colours suit Miller Fifers. All the other I have seen to date have been dark colours and I'm hoping that we don't need to reverse the paint decision next year! I have a picture from the 70's where she was dark blue:

455097817_c295df1348.jpg


To answer the question about painting the ply first, no I didn't. However, I can see the underside from the chain locker and anywhere that is contact with the deck beams has been glued down with polyurethane glue - which wouldn't stick to paint. I hope I've done the right thing but I'm on a bit of a learning curve!
 
Given the weather up there the last few years you aren't likely to be troubled by high temps and lots of sunshine! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

A bit late, I know, but when refitting dinghy foredecks I have always dry fitted the panel and marked the supports on the underside so when you take it off you can pre-treat the the non glued areas.

She is looking really good. Great reward for the effort.
 
It seems to me that both vessels have mucht in common - both being 'of their time' incarnations of a shared line of constantly evolving marine design thinking that surely predates both vessels. To claim one vessel is 'more real' because it is the older seems fatuous at best. Is a Ford Anglia more real than a Ford Mondeo? One may think of either or both of these two cars as ghastly, but to say as much to the owner of either would be a bit unsporting.

An amusingly left field comment though - was a joke implied?
 
Lovely looking boat Clifford, belonging to such a purist I imagine she must be engineless and have cotton sails??
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top