We are in the process of removing all the deck hardware, painting new nonskid and then re-bedding all the hardware. Easy enough. But after we removed the hardware we found two problem spots. One was were the bow pulpit attaches to the deck, thru it's tube runs the wires for the nav lights and then under the deck. This area of wet core runs about a half inch pass the pulpit round base of about three inches. The second problem was the big, set back the launch schedule type of setback. The head vent deck plate had rotted balsa leading up as far as we could reach to, leading toward to the forward hatch dorade boxes. Stress cracks around the base of the boxes confirmed we had delaminated wet core around them. After a dozen drill holes we cut confirmed our thoughts, we cut opened the deck (painful) and luckily cut out were almost all the wet core was located and not much of the good stuff.
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The pulpit hole we think can be grond inside the cavidty and be filled with epoxy filler.
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This we are not sure about? Recore it with all balsa again? or fill the the 3 inch gap between dorade boxs and deck skins with all epoxy and core the rest with balsa? or fill whole area with colth and epoxy?
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Any thoughts? Never did this before.