Destiny wrote:
replaced mine. went with Mack sails in stuart florida. did a very good job.
Word of caution to all Tartan 37 owners....
When i did the replacement i found the wood in the starboard knee was gone from rot.
Not soft, not wet. Gone. Over the years water got into the wood through the chainplate hole, rotted the wood.
Dug all the wood out of the area, replaced with coosa board. Now that area is all composite.
Only holding the chainplates was the outer fibreglass layers formed over the wood core.
Did you remove the whole bulkhead? Or did you join the coosa to some remaining good wood? If so how'd you do that? Did you just do a but joint and rely on the glass to make the connection? Or did you scarf it or puzzle piece it or some other method of making the joint?
I think we may have more of a rot than a chainplate problem, but just trying to get psyched up to dig into the project, by reading all related topics here.