Good afternoon everyone,
I have had my bristol 32 for a while now (a little over a year and a half) and most of my
ownership has been repairing the
engine. Recently I've been working on some of the
interior of the
boat when I'm not rebuilding the
engine. I noticed a leak from the screws that hold the tow rail in and upon further investigation found my port aft bulkhead to be rotting right in front of the tabbing with the
hull. So if course I plan to fix the leak and replace the bulkhead before continuing the
interior rebuild. What I noticed however that worries me is the framing on the
headliner above the
head door seems to be blowing downward, as if there is a large weight placed on top of it. However I can clearly see the mas comes down on the
deck directly forward of that piece and there is no bend on the
deck above. I wanted to see if I could find a reason for this before further disassembly to avoid an unexpected disaster. From what I can tell there should be no weight above that piece, the post that is connected to the rotting bulkhead is the aft connection point (while the
compression post is the forward connection point) and that bulkhead seems to have pulled away from the
hull but only on the
head interior, the setee side of the bulkhead seems normal, with the exception of the
rot. And furthermore that post (once again NOT the
compression post) stops at the floor and doesn't continue down like the compression post does. This all tells me there should be no structural load on this bending cross
member and
headliner correct?
I will post photos the next time I am out at my
boat as I understand that will provide a far better understanding than what I just described.