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Here Lydia is holding a piece of the rotten core from the front deck. It was 1/2" plywood core.
The 1/2in plywood core was all rotted. It's being replaced with 1/2in Kledgecell.
Kledgecell in place
Several layers of 1808 Double Bias fiberglass is being vacuum bagged, for strength and light weight. 2 to 1 epoxy resign is used thru out this project. Vacuum bagging is an expensive process compared to just a hand laminate. Most boats are hand laid due to this higher cost. Vacuum bagging is superior!
Plywood core removed from the gunwale/washboard
You can see the core is removed. The holes are where the rod holders were.
These 2 pictures are of some solid fiberglass that was made in a mold. They are 1/2in thick. They will be placed where the rod holders go. This will give a firm installation when they are put back in. This time they will be thru bolted.
Cutting and widening the wash board. In the 2nd picture you can really see the difference.
On the left, new 1/2in Kledgecell being vacuum bagged in. The picture on the right shows the fiberglass being vacuum bagged.
