Hi Bob,
Thanks for keeping the list alive, even under unfortunate circumstances. Haven't had any problems with my Pacific Boats version, but I also went to some effort to seal the deck, isolate the core, etc. Do you also have any water damage in the bulkhead that started the problem? I know this is a fairly common problem in old J/30s and some other J boats. You may want to ask some of those folks how they've handled it. A friend of mine (again a J/30) said that replacing the bulkhead wasn't so hard in their boats. You may also be able to splice in just part of it. If the wood is OK, you may just need to re-tape portions. I'd be suspicious that the plate option isn't attacking the fundamental problem.
Good Luck!
Kelly
From: owner-olson911@sailpix.com [mailto:owner-olson911@sailpix.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Izmirian
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:48 AM
To: olson911@SailPix.com
Subject: Do I have a unique problem?
Hello all, it's been very quiet for a very long time among you O911 owners. Hope this finds everyone well.
I have an early Ericson built boat--1988-which I've raced hard on SF Bay. The Ericsons, like the Pacific built boats, tie off the starboard shrouds to a steel plate affixed to the head side of the bulkhead separating the head from the salon. My bulkhead looks like it's starting to fail. First I had cracks develop in the Melamine finish on the head side of the bulkhead, but they were small and not worrisome. Now I am getting more movement in the bulkhead, as if it is torquing under the load of the rig. My rigger is looking for a solution short of replacing the bulkhead, possibly by fabricating a larger steel plate onto which to tie the chain plate to spread the load over a larger area with more fasteners. The difficulty with this possible solution is that the bulkhead has two separate planes, one of which is the wood trim adjacent to the sink, making fabrication and installation of a new fastening plate much more of a chore.
Has anyone experienced this problem, and if so, do you have a fix? Thanks.
Good sailing to all.
Bob
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Robert E. Izmirian
rizmirian@comcast.net Received on Thu Sep 17 04:25:25 2009