Typhoon cockpit deck structure

[rgreenberg]

I bought a Typhoon in June and now am examining some issues that I suspected even when I bought the boat. There was cracking in the cockpit deck between the drain holes, just outside the cabin entry. When I excavated the cracks in the gelcoat, I discovered openings in the fiberglass, with rotted wood underneath. In order to plan the repair, it would be useful to know how far back this wood panel extends. Does a single wood panel go all the way back in the cockpit deck between the benches? Or are there solid fiberglass sections within the deck going crosswise, between separate wood panels?

[cgavin]

Here's a project out there (not mine).....good luck!
https://www.cantaora.com/2022/12/restor ... -dory.html

[jbenagh]

There's probably not solid glass going across, just hardened resin between plywood panels. At least that's what I found on my CD30. Mine had two different thickness pieces of wood. I wrote a pretty extensive post about what I did in 2016. I cut out the entire top skin, then all the rotted or wet core, replaced that with Coosa, then re glassed the top. It wasn't hard, just time consuming. On the Ty you'll need to work around the rudder post. It was really useful to have two people for the layup step, one to mix epoxy and one to spread it.
Jeff