Balsa Core Deck Repair

Balsa Core Deck Repair. Balsa Deck Core Replacement YouTube It is there to increase the thickness of the hull, while trying to keep the weight of the boat to a minimum I had a number of spots on my decks, mainly under stanchion bases, around chain plates (largest +/- 3" diameter) and a fairly large area (around 8" X 20") in the cockpit floor that had leaked and in places rotted the core

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Apply thickened epoxy to the core with a grooved spreader. After some though I came up with the following procedure

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Drew Frye - Published: July 24, 2020 Updated: July 27, 2021 The balsa core causes the deck to have structure much like an I-beam But end grained balsa is a highly processed ultra light.

Aft Deck Balsa Core Repair How To / Not To. But end grained balsa is a highly processed ultra light. Pre-scored Corecell is not floppy enough to conform to curved decks

1974 O'Day 20 Balsa core repair Sailboat Owners Forums. Drew Frye - Published: July 24, 2020 Updated: July 27, 2021 Hopefully I can have the repair done with 100sq ft of balsa, and minimal down time