Glass cabin sole in earlier-mid CD 25s

[Eric]

HI all,

Allia has a white gelcoat/glass sole in the cabin that I'd like to spruce (or teak) up a bit. Anyone have any experience with this?

Eric



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[Jon]

Eric,

There is a cabin sole job on Triton381.com - the link below should take you there. Actually, the whole site is really good. The guy takes a basket case of a Pearson Triton (Alberg design) and turns her into a beauty. The site covers the whole process in great detail.

Cheers,
Jon

[JimL]

Good evening. I recently had to repair my cabin sole when I "stepped through" it. the balsa was dry rotted from the boat sitting open for years with rain coming in. You might consider some type of bonded floor, as opposed to screwing something in....you don't want a mess like I had. In the process of repairing, I molded a new bilge board, which got me thinking. You could close the hole (as I did) temporarily with hot glued foam board (covered with wax paper), then build up the new bilge board...but cover the whole floor and continue the layup to provide a lift out secondary floor (the whole cabin)! Your teak could be bonded to that piece (after it's cured and lifted off the wax paper), which would drop into place with a perfect fit. Your original floor remains untouched (no holes, no glue, etc.) so nothing damaged or lost if it doesn't work the first time. Seal the joints of wax paper with heated paraffin or non-hardening sealer that can be smoothed down. The removeable floor could be taken out of the boat for cleaning, sanding, or treating/varnishing. Food for thought.



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