[C38] Head Liner Joining to the deck

[Max Soto]

Steve,

The voids on the windowas was going to be my suggestion
i noticed the same voids when I removed my windows. A leak on the windows
can pour water on these voids awithout any notice.
now, I'm planig to make a couple of tiny holes under the window frames in
order to detect this problems.
I had the voids, and didn`t fill them up.

regards,
Max Soto C38 #198 ESTANCIA Puntarenas, Costa Rica



2008/9/16, phil <phil317 at sunflower.com>:
>
> > I haven't removed my windows yet, so this is mostly in the way of
> hazzarding a guess.  There is probably a substancial putty joint connecting
> and fairing the coring where the cabin sides meet the deck and this is
> acting as a dam. So with any luck, the water isn't getting to your deck.  If
> it was, I would expect that the screws holding the teak trim in front of the
> genoa tracks would be weeping.  If water flowed out fairly clear, you
> probably have a delaminated liner, and the core may be okay.  If it came out
> looking like coffee grounds, the core is rotten.  If it's the window thats
> leaking, this is a simple fix since you can get at the source. I'd pull some
> hardware above the window and poke around to make sure it's not coming in
> from a grab rail or deck hardware though.  Getting a spung liner stuck back
> down can be a bear.  You could fill the void with epoxy and pray, but if it
> doesn't take, you've made the problem worse. I think I'd pull all the
> windows and bolt long boards together through the open ports to clamp the
> dickens out of the liner after injecting epoxy. Jamb a few 1x2s across from
> the other side as well. At least this way, if it comes loose again, you
> haven't left the next guy a block of epoxy wedging the liner out.  Using a
> moisture meter to determine the extent of the intrusion would be a real good
> idea.  I'd be leary of using the hammer method since you suspect
> delamination already- it could make it worse- hitting a trapped water pocket
> with a hammer is not a good thing. ( I have a pet theory that sureyors with
> hammers are one of the chief CAUSES of gelcoat blisters-causing pinhead
> sized blisters to grow to quarter size every time they whack one. Not that
> any real alternative exists below the waterline if you have bottom paint.)
>
>
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> Phil Sweet
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