[C38] Head Liner Joining to the deck

[Phil Gay]

It looks to me like the headliner was molded separately from the deck.  When
the deck, plywood and liner were joined together  voids were impossible to
eliminate since they didn’t use vacuum techniques common on high end boats
today to pull the resin between the layers.

 

After taking the aft lower and mid-upper chainplates out of Que Linda, I
found noted the layers in the deck.  There is, of course, a layer of ¼ inch
of fiberglass on top, with a ¼ inch layer of wet, soft plywood below.
Beneath the plywood, there was a ½ inch layer of very dense, hard, dry wood.
The inner hull liner was bonded to the underside of this mystery wood.  The
place that water channeled in the deck core was where this dense wood was
butted together.

 

The hull liner runs parallel to the deck until it approached the hull, then
it turns down for about 2 inches before it ends.  On Que Linda, water ran
from the mid-upper chainplate outboard to the edge of the hull line then
dripped into the cabinets aft of the chainplate.

 

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get good photos of the area.

 

Phil Gay

C38 049 Que Linda

Everett, WA

 

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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Steve Smolinske
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 1:00 PM
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Subject: [C38] Head Liner Joining to the deck

 

Hello all, 

 

I am curious on the head liner construction/join to the deck?  Is there
space between the two or are they sandwiched together?  I recently removed
all the windows and resealed them, in the process I removed the venetian
style blinds that were inside the cabin.   These blinds are attached at the
top as you would expect and have a wire running through the blinds which is
attached to a screw that is fastened in the side wall below the window.
When removing the blind on the port forward window I removed the screw
holding the wire in place and water poured out of the hole for 1-2 seconds.
I am trying to visualize what type of cavity is behind there to hold water
and how large it might be.  I would think that if there is a space any water
should drain outboard and then against the hull and into the bilge.   Or is
constructed so that there could be any number of pockets depending on the
glue seems holding it to the deck.    The area where the hole came out is
very close to the aft lower chain plate.   Thanks.   

 

Steve Smolinske

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