Seafari now Non-Cabin door issue

[cSickNick]

Hi all,

Thanks for all that helped and hope this info will help others with the same issue of the cabin door frame cracking in the corners.

1st, the lower parts of the door frame are only screwed and puttied?. After the abuse, most screws were deciding to screw ... out that is So, i though the only way i am going to feel good is to thru-bolt. With a 3" piece of "L" aluminum, it is wide enough to catch some thru-bolts from under the inside hatches and hide under the cusions. And i added a piece of "C" channel under the foot rests to sandwitch it all together.
The putty all dried out and fell out, so i used 4200 to fill in the seam and gap.

Now around the panel guage area has all been removed over the years. Time to glass it back. Wedged a piece of luan in the opening below the surface and then added many layers of mat/epoxy tucked into the corner voids and flush with the surface. Then laid one piece of bi-axle under that wraps around the corner and down the frame on the inside.

Too lazy to bother to fair out the surface, so decided to just re-drill for guages and re-install starboard panel.

It has been put to the test the last few weekends and she is holding up very well.

Hope you get the picture after a few pictures ....

BTW; Does anyone know how to share pics in a folder thru Photobucket instead of attaching a stack of pics. Again just too lazy ...

[mbo_1971]

dont know how to link to a folder, but if you take out the th_ from the file names, it will share a larger photo...

[oldbluesplayer]

Hey Nick - I like what you're doin' !!

Did you ever take a look at your forward bulkhead ? Fr. Frank reported his had let go the same way mine did. Pain in the butt to reglass, reaching in down thru the forward sleep platform hatch, but I think that's a key piece of torsional structure strength - which is directly related to door frame twisting - but I really like your reinforcements to the cabin bulkhead walls !!

Bill

[cSickNick]

Hey Bill,

I thought you would and other Seafari owners. It is a matter of time before the bulkhead wall tries to kick out. Thru-bolting makes me feel alot better when white knuckled to the wheel!!

I meant to get back to you awhile ago as i did check inside the foward hatch. It just amazes me that how different each year can be. On mine i see a finished gel coat liner inside there? The top could be tabbed in, as it seems to be void there with just foam to the top sleeping deck.

But behind this inner gelcoat liner, it may have broken away like yours. I guess i would know know unless i cut away the liner to check? I hate to do that, but i can see that it would be a big help to fix if broken away.

I will have to take some pics to see what you guys think ...

- Nick

[oldbluesplayer]

Hey Nick -

You have an inner liner tub in your forward well ? Yeah, like you say, it's amazing the year to year variations - mine, as you saw, is wide open down to the hull... how do you get to the two thru hulls for the head ? or don't you have them? I pulled the head out - really should pull the thru hulls and glass over the holes... another project for another time !

Bill

[cSickNick]

Hi Bill,

Yeah, looks like a nice clean gelcoated liner with a drain hole in the bottom that i assume is a clear run down the keel to the transom bilge area. I will take some pics tonight to explain the setup in there.

But i really can't see what you see?

- Nick