Summertime of wight
New member
Hi everyone
,bought this boat last fall,weather just getting good enough to work on outside here in BC now.
Wanted to change the name and home port and people told me in order to take the decals off I had to change the plywood out.
Ok so I got the plywood off now and noticed there is some rot on the left frame,just about a 6 inch section,luckily the mahogany planking is in good condition,no rot,also no rot on any ribs.
It looks in the pictures like there is more rot but it is just the black tar used between the joins.
My question is,should I dig out rot,fill and repair with epoxy,cut the frame on a large wedge angle and splice a new piece in or change the whole rounded piece out which involves pulling bungs and screws from planks.
I do a lot of carpentry but not quite sure how to make that round back frame,looks like it is not laminated but might be made up of more than one piece,I will know more once I clean it up if there are joins.
Any info would be much appreciated.
,bought this boat last fall,weather just getting good enough to work on outside here in BC now.
Wanted to change the name and home port and people told me in order to take the decals off I had to change the plywood out.
Ok so I got the plywood off now and noticed there is some rot on the left frame,just about a 6 inch section,luckily the mahogany planking is in good condition,no rot,also no rot on any ribs.
It looks in the pictures like there is more rot but it is just the black tar used between the joins.
My question is,should I dig out rot,fill and repair with epoxy,cut the frame on a large wedge angle and splice a new piece in or change the whole rounded piece out which involves pulling bungs and screws from planks.
I do a lot of carpentry but not quite sure how to make that round back frame,looks like it is not laminated but might be made up of more than one piece,I will know more once I clean it up if there are joins.
Any info would be much appreciated.