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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | rear bulkhead Posted By: Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS Date: 4/11/08 10:18p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: Seth, found an old ZIP file from a couple years back. (Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee) This is a close up of the rear bulkhead before I closed it up. Can you imagine my surprise and dismay that it is still leaking into the rear air chamber? I envy your dry air chamber and wonder how they did it if they didn't treat your bulkead. You may be able to see a couple of the holes I drilled for the SS machine screws I used to secure the aluminum backup strips I used, all that and the seam was filled with epoxy on reassembly. My rear bulkhead was definitely the softest wood on the boat. I think the PO kept the bow raised so the cockpit would drain, but this let water stand against the rear bulkhead for long periods. I let a couple of coats of epoxy (unthickened but with hardner!) soak into the dry wood before applying glass; then several more coats with the barrier coat additive over that. Seth

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Bummer! My 2023 WB tank has not been 'glassed! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/10/08 12:15p.m.

Bummer Dude -- Bob Frak -- 4/10/08 12:50p.m.

The tank will be damp, anyway, due to residual water in the tank. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/10/08 1:00p.m.

Tank notes -- Bob Frak 2023C Marquette Mi. -- 4/10/08 8:13p.m.

the drawings -- Paul Germain -- 4/10/08 9:21p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:02p.m.

Text -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:06p.m.

Text 2 -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:07p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:08p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:10p.m.

awesome drawings, a treasure trove -- Paul Germain -- 4/12/08 12:23a.m.

thanks for posting! -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:32p.m.

Well, Bob, a couple of things. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 8:55a.m.

mast support -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 11:55a.m.

Damn, what an incredible job Tom did! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 4:13p.m.

Not to butt in.... -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 9:36p.m.

And then I read... -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 9:45p.m.

But me no but's, brother! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:17a.m.

like Frank said, always use hardner -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 9:55p.m.

Alternative Ballast Tank Coating -- Tom, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 4/12/08 5:30p.m.

Good, God, Tom, that stuff sounds incredible! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 9:10a.m.

Seth, found an old ZIP file from a couple years back. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 9:05p.m.

no glass on the bottom -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 9:50p.m.

mast support -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:04p.m.

Mast support materal -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:28p.m.

That would work. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:25a.m.

Seth, you wrote: -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:22a.m.

 rear bulkhead   -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:18p.m.

I feel your pain. It'd break my heart, it leaking after all that work. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:30a.m.