Repair Plan Advice Needed

[hriehl1]

Hinterhoeller HR-28 Refurb

Photo shows a split in a cross-member over the V-berth & under the foredeck.

My plan is:
1. Gorilla Glue (waterproof) in the wood split,
2. 3M 5200 over cross-member / underdeck separation,
3. jack up cross-member to join items up and hold while it sets (a few days).
4. With jack still in place, add SS plates on each side thru-bolted. The holes in wooden cross-member will have nylon sleeves / spacers inserted to spread the load of the bolts better than #10 bolts alone thru the wood would.

Thoughts?

[Skipper Dan]

It would be nice to know what broke it in the first place.

I would do one of two things if it was my repair. Less work; sand everything down in an area about the same size as you plate. epoxy everything back together, jack back in place. use fiberglass or my choice carbon fiber (depends on why it happened) and glass matt it to the cabin top around the beam. More work; make two more beams out of oak and sandwich them on either side fiber-glassing them into one beam. If this is something that happened because someone dropped a big anchor there and it is not going to happen again type of thing. Or if it is a weak point makes a lot of difference.

Dan

[hriehl1]

I do not know what caused it, but there is no sign of damage on the topsides.

[Tim]

I think I'd remove the old member entirely and glass in a new one. By the time you mess around with attempts to repair what you have, you'd be better off just starting fresh.

[Quetzalsailor]

Amen w/Tim. Note that second break at the end of the flat overhead reinforcement; it's off to port of your sketched-on sister. I wonder if there's a corresponding one off to starboard? Is that an encapsulated piece of rotten wood?

If otherwise sound, you might also consider scarphing in a long dutchman that removes both breaks if the end conditions of the beam are too much trouble to deal with.

[One Way David]

My issue with your proposed fix is that that crack has been there longer than you've been able to see it. Glue or epoxy wants a clean fresh substrate to adhere to. You can't do that in situ. Plating it might be an emergency patch to say, get you home from a cruise. But you'll end up doing a correct repair anyway.

Dave.