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classic beam bracket replacement.

Hey all,thanks for all the responses to my last cross beam query. But on things go,I'm gonna replace the brackets but there is rot where the builder has put bolts through the major bolt plate,as it attaches to the bottom of the beam trough. I'm presuming he used coach screws for 2 holes and bolts for 2 as I can only see 2 bolts. What to do about the rot??

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Permalink Reply by Galway Bay on July 13, 2013 at 6:20pm

Matt - It would be impossible for anyone to offer more than a general guide based only on photos. Even you will not know until you remove the fittings and go digging out the soft spots. Let me say it does not look so bad and I have seen much worse repaired successfully. Like the A.A. say you will have to take it one day and one step at a time.

Basically remove all soft wood treat what is left fit a backing pad and replace / refill what was removed. It will be easier to shape the replacement infill if the cut out is tidy - perhaps use a hole saw. Also it is easier to replace a single larger section than 3-4 small repairs close together. Working on all the areas together rather than one after another will help with efficiency.

From a distance and at a guess I can see you replacing some sections of deck perhaps the size of a biscuit tin lid.

You do not say how this boat was constructed. Is it epoxy glued/sheathed ? Not all were.

Best of luck.

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Permalink Reply by matt connolly on July 13, 2013 at 6:42pm

Thanks Galway,I'm just gonna have to run with it as you say and see...it is apoxy/glued glass sheathed. Looks to be well built,thicker ply,evidure soaked hulls,cross beams are thicker than plans. But we'll see! So you would cut out a section,then put an over sized cap on the inside,then template the removed section for a new one,apoxying and screwing it all together again?

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Permalink Reply by Galway Bay on July 13, 2013 at 7:37pm

That's about it .. by the time you put the glass sheath back on the deck it will be as good as new and the extra backing can only be to the good when you re-bolt the fittings.