1970 20ft SF Rebuild

[Kithogue]

Long time no update.. Lets start with the hatches.

For the most part the 3/8" balsa coring for hatches and gutters was in great shape. Other than where the screw holes where (those areas where rotten of course) Amazing for 50 year old wood.

First we cut the hatches/gutters out of the old platform, followed by the removal of all the old coring material. Then we used scrap 3/4"coosa (from the deck cutouts) and 3/8" scrap divinycell to re-core the hatches. Then bedded the composites in with "hull and deck". Laminated with 1 layer of CSM and 1 layer of 1708.

No coring material was added back to the gutter as the glass flanges are supported by the deck. We bedded them into the deck with "hull and deck" while outside of the boat. This allowed us to flip the boards and tab the gutters in from the underside.

Pics of bilge rigging and gas tank to follow.