Soft Cockpit

[J.P.Smith]

I have just purchased a CD25, and after having the surveyor miss it, I discovered the cockpit floor (under the teak grating) was pretty soft. If you know the 25, it's tough to get to from the lockers. Anything?



artd@mindspring.com

[Alan/Anne]

Ours is too. There is a soft spot on the port side of the sole right under the locker latch. It's about 6" wide and 9" long. I have plastic grating stuff in the cockpit. Our surveyor found it, it's not crawling up the side and my foot won't go through if I stomp on it. There are a few ways to fix it from topside that involve a modicum of skills but a fair bit of care and patience. I'll worry when my foot almost goes through... it will be a bigger job then.... but we have 80F and a nice SE breeze tomorrow..... <sigh...wink> alan

S/V"Hunky Dory"
CD25 Hull #148


I have just purchased a CD25, and after having the surveyor miss it, I discovered the cockpit floor (under the teak grating) was pretty soft. If you know the 25, it's tough to get to from the lockers. Anything?



alangmxxxx@mail.swbell.net

[Bruce Bett]

Oh J.P. you put your foot in it this time! A few words with your surveyor might be in order. That's exactly the the sort of thing he's paid to find!! On the other hand it's still a great boat and worthy of being fixed up.

There's an Article in the January 99 issue of Crusing World (She's Come Undone, Gatehouse, Evan Cruising World; January 1999 pg. 56.) that describes a way to inject resin into the core. This might be ok if the area affected is small. Otherwise the the proceedure is to rip off the top layer of laminate, scape out the gook, put in a new core, and reglass it. I think West System has a book that covers the proceedure. Good Luck!

Bruce Bett
Sostenuto
Cd25 #496

I have just purchased a CD25, and after having the surveyor miss it, I discovered the cockpit floor (under the teak grating) was pretty soft. If you know the 25, it's tough to get to from the lockers. Anything?

bbett@macomb.cc.mi.us

[Larry DeMers]

Ours was also. We have a CD30c, and the Edson pedestal was the culprit. It was not bedded right from the start apparently, and it ruined the entire plywood/foam coring in the cockpit. The visible signs were some gel coat crazing that started to lift up and open up over time. We replaced the coring with plywood and foam as originally, then put on a new top skin, and repainted with matching gel coat for the non-skid areas. This whole operation took $3k, so it is not a trivial operation.

Ours is too. There is a soft spot on the port side of the sole right under the locker latch. It's about 6" wide and 9" long. I have plastic grating stuff in the cockpit. Our surveyor found it, it's not crawling up the side and my foot won't go through if I stomp on it. There are a few ways to fix it from topside that involve a modicum of skills but a fair bit of care and patience. I'll worry when my foot almost goes through... it will be a bigger job then.... but we have 80F and a nice SE breeze tomorrow..... <sigh...wink> alan

S/V"Hunky Dory"
CD25 Hull #148


I have just purchased a CD25, and after having the surveyor miss it, I discovered the cockpit floor (under the teak grating) was pretty soft. If you know the 25, it's tough to get to from the lockers. Anything?

demers@sgi.com