Updates... It's been a while...
Post #8 in this thread shows some braces inside the
hull designed to back the "fins" that support the leeboards away from the
hull when they are lowered and doing their job. They were 3/4" ply, about 3" wide x 9" tall, with a radius on top. There were 4 on each side.
3 looked like they were rotted 3/4 ply, and needed replaced. I thought, fine. Got those 3 off, and 2 more looked suspect. Yeup, they needed replaced too. So all 8 came off. Good thing, as there was
rot I couldn't see under 2 others!
What a pain to get those out! Repacements went from chine log to shear clamp, 3" x 1", white oak, (everyone of those suckers measured differently!), epoxied all mating surfaces. And sucked in place top and bottom with screws through the hull. Once done, I then sanded down the equivalent outside surface, and added
fiberglass seam cloth in
epoxy where the fins would be supported. This whole mess ate up about 40+ hours of my Christmastime boatwork binge.
Before, brace removed, note where
rot was coming in around bolt hole
And another location, did I say, lots of room to
work? No?
After, all 1 x 3 white oak, all epoxied.
Outside of hull, after
fiberglass tape is added, but before final fairing and primer