Roach1948
Well-Known Member
I was fairing the hull last weekend and found a soft patch in the deadwood. I poked around and quickly discovered that I was dealing with a rotten Elm deadwood plank. I was shocked and still recovering from this terrible discovery as this will put my launch day well back and the that is SOOOoooo frustrating.
What I would like to know is how to go about replacing this part of the plank without taking my boat apart. I have gone down the plank with a prodder and then a chisel to see how far along it has gone. Well it is not the whole plank, but pretty much. About a metre and a half long and 10cm high.
As it is deadwood, my idea for a fix was to cut only half the thinkness of plank out i.e in thickness as opposed to length. Then I would make a template of the replacement shape in softwood. Then I would drill through at the corners to that I could scribe the mirror image of the repair on the other side of the hull. Then repair in two halves (allowing recesses for deadwood bolts) and epoxing the two sides together.
Is there a better idea?
What I would like to know is how to go about replacing this part of the plank without taking my boat apart. I have gone down the plank with a prodder and then a chisel to see how far along it has gone. Well it is not the whole plank, but pretty much. About a metre and a half long and 10cm high.
As it is deadwood, my idea for a fix was to cut only half the thinkness of plank out i.e in thickness as opposed to length. Then I would make a template of the replacement shape in softwood. Then I would drill through at the corners to that I could scribe the mirror image of the repair on the other side of the hull. Then repair in two halves (allowing recesses for deadwood bolts) and epoxing the two sides together.
Is there a better idea?
