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Having my MarkIII in a heating warehouse for the winter!!! could this help the deck to dry out if there was a humidity problem?
If you have wet balsa core, storage inside may help if the penetration isn't too extensive (and particularly if you remove the fittings at the point of entry to ease evaporation). If penetration is extensive or if there is already delamination, it probably won't do much good.
Having said that, I'd have to suggest that my comments here cannot be much help (and might be misleading) as I don't knowing the extent of your problem. Why not invest a couple of hundred bucks in having a proper surveyor check your decks and recommend a course of action? Stitch in time and all that.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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My boat has been stored in a heated warehouse for the last three years. The hull is # 863, a 1980 model, and was put in water in 1981 for the first time. From the documents that were supplied with the purchase. I have some spider cracs in few areas but no sign of delamination. I just want to do preventing care. This is a boat that have been well maintained to what I see. Also there is no help available in the area we live for avaluation of the boat. Thanks...
Laurent:
If you want to do some preventive care and no surveyor is available in the region, consider buying a moisture meter of your own and checking your decks. I think they're about US $200 from the online places, which is about what you'd spend on visit from a surveyor. I know there are other sailboats in the area - perhaps someone would like to join you in buying one.
The other thing you could do for prevention (easy as you're inside) is pull the hardware off the deck, remove the balsa core surrounding the holes and fill with epoxy (described here). That would give you some assurance that a problem won't appear in the future.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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