mplangley
Veteran Member
My fairly recently acquired 1972 grand banks 32 has some rot in the fabled areas on the port side. I think this must have been the weather side or something because the starbord is very good by comparison.
The rot is on a portion of the flybridge where the seats meet the flybridge wall. This is about a 1X1 foot area with a few smaller areas along they bottom seal of the flybridge wall.
The other area that is rotting is about a 1X2 foot aread under the window.
I am tempted just to scarf cut the sections out and scarf in some plywood and be done with it. It may be a bit ugly from the inside but the window section would be hidden behind the cabin settee anyway unless the top bunk was latched into place.
So the question is - with rot. When is it ok just to patch and when do I just need to bite the bullet and replace the entire side of both the cabin and the flybridge. It seems a shame to have to go through so much work for the sake of these small areas.
thanks
The rot is on a portion of the flybridge where the seats meet the flybridge wall. This is about a 1X1 foot area with a few smaller areas along they bottom seal of the flybridge wall.
The other area that is rotting is about a 1X2 foot aread under the window.
I am tempted just to scarf cut the sections out and scarf in some plywood and be done with it. It may be a bit ugly from the inside but the window section would be hidden behind the cabin settee anyway unless the top bunk was latched into place.
So the question is - with rot. When is it ok just to patch and when do I just need to bite the bullet and replace the entire side of both the cabin and the flybridge. It seems a shame to have to go through so much work for the sake of these small areas.
thanks