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JH, Thank you for the kind words. The pads are the steps up to the aft deck. I think our boats are built a little differently at the windlass. I have a small raised structure that hosts the bow pulpit and windlass. Yes, I had to rebuild that as well. I used solid fiberglass plate from...

JH, I used corecell A500 to re-core my decks and added solid fiberglass where the penetrations were located. I believe the corecell can be shaped using heat although I didn't have to. I hedged this deck work by leaving sections of original primary built fiberglass in place and used a...

TF, My experience is limited to my Sea Ranger, but i would guess 1/4" fiberglass with 1/2" or 5/8" plywood coring in 4" X 4" blocks.

Patience, Thank you for the kind words. I think your referring to the core material. This is Core-cell A500.

CharlieO, These were individual teak strips screwed and glued. bowball, The blocks are approximately 4" X 4" squares of 5/8" plywood not balsa. Patience, I could bore you to tears with my tail of woe. I'll try to post the highlights.

Patience, After skinning the deck the saturation lined up with the meter. Hopefully you don't find something like this.

Patience, It looks like you've done the hard part. i had good luck using an Electrophysics CT-30 moisture meter to map my deck. The measurement is relative, so 20% is dry and the other photo speaks for itself.

Treadmaster PSA.

Susan & Dan, Congratulations on your purchase. You've got a nice vessel there. I purchased a 1982 39' Sea Ranger Sundeck last year in Bar Harbor, and though it was a little neglected, motored down to Newport, RI without incident. I have been fixing numerous leaks and plugging holes PO's...