DHeckrotte
Guru
I drilled a new hole above the lower helm position using a hole saw. And, what to my wondering eyes should appear as I lay on the flybridge deck with my head and shoulders stuck through the louvered doors? The deck, which appears to be gel-coated plywood is actually striated or wood-grained gelcoat, on fiberglass, on 3/4" Balsa core, on fiberglass. And then a 3/8" gap. And then a smooth gelcoat surface, on fiberglass, on 3/4" plywood, on fiberglass.
Huh? Why two decks? And, looking up at the bottom of the deck that's visible above the helm, the plywood appears to be in chunks, and looks like Balsa.
I coated out the raw wood and epoxied in a fiberglass tube for passing wire up to the flybridge enclosure. The original tube is full of hydraulic tubing, engine control cables, and the original wiring. A newer tube was put in for Radar and is maxed out.
Pics are the two cores in edge view, then from the top and again from the bottom.
Huh? Why two decks? And, looking up at the bottom of the deck that's visible above the helm, the plywood appears to be in chunks, and looks like Balsa.
I coated out the raw wood and epoxied in a fiberglass tube for passing wire up to the flybridge enclosure. The original tube is full of hydraulic tubing, engine control cables, and the original wiring. A newer tube was put in for Radar and is maxed out.
Pics are the two cores in edge view, then from the top and again from the bottom.