Typhoon deck removal

[Rocky Dinsmoor]

When I started to remove all of the deck fitting and teak on my Typhoon in preperation of refinishing the deck and topsides I found extensive water and rot of my balsa core in the deck due to improperly beaded hardware. I tryed to find the good and the bad parts of the deck and decided in the end to remove the deck and cabin roof completely!! When I did I found that all the balsa was wet and about 80% was rotten. Once I found out how much of the core was compromised my decision to remove the entire deck was easy. Removing the deck wasn't very hard. I am now wating for the materials to arrive to start the rebuilding process. This isn't as hard as you would think and when I am finished my boat will be sound and in as good a condition as you could expect. I will try to keep you posted as to my progress and problems.



rdins@rof.net

[John Phillips]

Rocky:
You are certainly appropriately named, that seems like an incredible challenge. Please keep us informed and if photos become available they would be quite interesting. Particularly one of you standing in the midst of your deckless hull. A sight as terrible as that would drive many of us out into the winter night to rebed our deck hardware.
Good Luck
John Phillips

When I started to remove all of the deck fitting and teak on my Typhoon in preperation of refinishing the deck and topsides I found extensive water and rot of my balsa core in the deck due to improperly beaded hardware. I tryed to find the good and the bad parts of the deck and decided in the end to remove the deck and cabin roof completely!! When I did I found that all the balsa was wet and about 80% was rotten. Once I found out how much of the core was compromised my decision to remove the entire deck was easy. Removing the deck wasn't very hard. I am now wating for the materials to arrive to start the rebuilding process. This isn't as hard as you would think and when I am finished my boat will be sound and in as good a condition as you could expect. I will try to keep you posted as to my progress and problems.

branchedoakmarina@alltel.net

[Mark Yashinsky]

Understand how you could separate the deck from hull (they are put together that way), but how did you ever separate the two "skins" of the deck from each other??? That is laid up fiberglass, not not two pieces glued and bolted together.

[Rocky]

I quess I should have been a little more detailed. I removed the top layer of glass and the core, leaving the bottom layer of glass.



rdins@rof.net

[Jeff Funston]

I don't need a picture of "Just the top layer of glass and core" to make me want to check deck penatrations today! But we would still like to see them, humm I could tape it up by the VHF to remind me what could happen if I don't pay attention to those little leaks. :~)



jefff@pinn.net

[Fred]

When I started to remove all of the deck fitting and teak on my Typhoon in preperation of refinishing the deck and topsides I found extensive water and rot of my balsa core in the deck due to improperly beaded hardware. I tryed to find the good and the bad parts of the deck and decided in the end to remove the deck and cabin roof completely!! When I did I found that all the balsa was wet and about 80% was rotten. Once I found out how much of the core was compromised my decision to remove the entire deck was easy. Removing the deck wasn't very hard. I am now wating for the materials to arrive to start the rebuilding process. This isn't as hard as you would think and when I am finished my boat will be sound and in as good a condition as you could expect. I will try to keep you posted as to my progress and problems.

Your're nuts....life is too short. Good luck to ya though.



fred@hotsheet.com