odd crack in a 25 Seafari

[Entourage]

I've had those cracks on all the sceptres ive had. I'm not sure as to why they happen it must be the way the inner hull meets the outer somewhere inside the cuddy. Even if you glassed the outside i don't think it would last long unless you got it from the inside as well.

[bigeasy1]

Originally Posted by Entourage

I've had those cracks on all the sceptres ive had. I'm not sure as to why they happen it must be the way the inner hull meets the outer somewhere inside the cuddy. Even if you glassed the outside i don't think it would last long unless you got it from the inside as well.

**On every! Sceptre?,please tell me it wasn't several.**

Please excuse me for straying a bit on this thread,but after reading about connors dilemma and the issues with some others 23's,I'm starting to worry about my Tsunami. I'm realizing that I never really gave a lot of close inspections to the bulkheads.
It sounds stupid now that I didn't.
Just as bad is my inspection of the outer hull bottom.I checked it over pretty well a few years ago,but have to admit that other than a glance when it's on the trailer, I haven't paid a lot of attention to it.There are several layers of bottom paint on it so any minor crack might not show at a glance.

If the boat wasn't six and a half hours away,and not shrink wrapped I'd be checking it out now.Instead I guess I'll have to spend the next few months lying awake at night thinking about it.
As you can see in the pictures,I cut out the floor in the compartment forward of the fuel tank,so that I could access the inner hull bottom to clean out the 40 years of gook.After doing That, I figured why not just make a removable bottom in case I ever need to access the area again.
I made the cross members you see in the picture to give a bit of strength to that part of the liner,and to support the removable floor.They work fine to support the new plywood floor,but I'm not sure if they really are strong enough to give enough rigidity to the complete area.I can stand on it,but rarely do,the compartment is only used to store rods and reels.

It's a long compartment as the fuel tank is only 52 gallons.

From what you see,do you think it would be a good idea to glass in a couple bulkhead type crossmembers and then to permanantely glass in a new floor? or am I worrying too much?.

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by bigeasy1

...or am I worrying too much?.

I think you're worrying too much. I don't believe the bulkheads in the Sceptres are structural like they are in the 25 Seafari, and the unsupported panel width between keel and stringer is less. The box stringers in the 23s seem to do fine.
Dave