Hello, I’m new to the association so hope it’s not too gauche to seek a bit of advice.
I’ve just acquired my boat, a Don marine mk1 12801 and there are a number of woodwork based issues that I think need to be addressed before I launch her.
Firstly, the side benches have become detached from the thwart and clearly need reattaching by some means. Strange that it’s happened at all 4 points of contact. My thought was to lift them as much as possible and somehow inject epoxy into the gaps?
Secondly, on removing the decaying floorboards, I’ve discovered some almost completely decayed plywood fillets that had been filling the gaps between the ribs and the centreboard case, leaving a gap of approximately 2mm between rib and c-board case. I thought perhaps a thin hardwood veneer, smeared with epoxy and slid into the gap might do the trick?
Finally, the rather ornate and beautiful wooden mount for the mainsheet block, which is built up from 5-6 blocks of hardwood laminated together is beginning to delaminate between the 2nd and 3rd layers to the point where there is slight play. I’ve removed the swivel block thinking the mount would easily separate into 2 pieces but it seems to be bolted together somehow. No ideas on this; maybe epoxy injected with a narrow bore hypodermic?
Sorry it’s a bit of an essay; I thought I may as well just fire it all in at once.
Many thanks if you’re still reading at this stage….