A friend of mine has a damp balsa
core on his J raceboat, though no
delamination was found on the
boat on
survey, and a
core sample showed intact though damp core.
He decided to pilot this technique he found online in a section of his
hull over the
winter:
Balsa Core Problems
This friend drilled a grid of holes on one section of his
hull as detailed in this article right before offseason. He reports moisture readings near 30 throughout hull but after the
winter dry out the moisture readings were down to 10 in that area, and 30 everywhere else.
What does everyone else think? I am curious about the unconventional thinking in the article. I wonder if it works for decks where people tend to more commonly have moisture. My boat's dry, but I hear of this kind of issue commonly.
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