Pack Mule
TF Site Team
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2013
- Messages
- 3,749
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Slo-Poke
- Vessel Make
- Jorgensen custom 44
I tore out an exterior bulkhead between my anchor locker bulkhead and my cabin bulkhead. This was an area where line,fenders extra chain and any other junk you don't want rolling around are stored and it's not a structual bulkhead. I tore it out because of some rot. It was made from plywood and solid wood and incapsulated in fiberglass and over half of it rotten and still wet after boat's been under cover for 3 month's .I'm pretty sure it was an afterthought and added after the boat was built .
Anyway I'm buliding it back with teak and plywood and not going to glass it just epoxy coat the plywood and paint it and varnish the teak . My problem is I didn't pay attention to how the old bulkhead was installed meaning was it plumb or was it 90 degrees to the deck or was it something else ? Does it matter or should I just go with what looks right ? Is there any hard fast rules about what is right and wrong. It will have a rail on top of it about the same width as my new rail and should this be parallel with the caprail? I hate to get this done and old shipwright sto by and say "hmmm that ain't right ".
Anyway I'm buliding it back with teak and plywood and not going to glass it just epoxy coat the plywood and paint it and varnish the teak . My problem is I didn't pay attention to how the old bulkhead was installed meaning was it plumb or was it 90 degrees to the deck or was it something else ? Does it matter or should I just go with what looks right ? Is there any hard fast rules about what is right and wrong. It will have a rail on top of it about the same width as my new rail and should this be parallel with the caprail? I hate to get this done and old shipwright sto by and say "hmmm that ain't right ".