Trojan Boat Forum

After 27 years of service, the cockpit coaming needs to be replaced.

Is this something I can do myself with new vinyl, trim bead and a staple gun with stainless steel staples and no "sewing" ?

two of the corners at the transom gunnels are CURVED at 90 degrees.

I was thinking about STARBOARD but staples won't work with that product.

Assuming the wood needs to be replaced, any ideas on what kind to use?

Should I seal it/paint it after cutting the forms?

Thanks for your response & comments.

RWS

Good high grade plywood should work and you could seal it with resin and shoot staples though it.

I have an 87 10 Meter that the rear combing was water logged on and sitting on the wood for 2 years. That wood was still in premium condition. I took all the stuff apart because staples had disintegrated and I restapled same fabric, after cleaning, onto the old wood. I let the foam dry out, too, and used the old stuff. I too am going to replace the vinyl at some point. I'm going to use all white, with the same three section rows, just all white instead of the three colors in there now.

why not use pressure treated or marine plywood, dont have to worry about either getting wet o

stainless staples will rust. i have used them before thinking they wouldnt. when buying staples look for monel or rustproof staples they will not be listed as stainless which means stain less not proof.

u can use exterior grade plywood primed and make sure you prime the edges hot glue a strip of vinyl over the staples


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I have a 1988 F-36 with cockpit coaming. It was old and tired. I used plasteak as the replacement for the marine ply and acquired new foam from a company who replaces auto interiors.

I ordered the plasteak to the required width and made final cuts using the existing plywood as a template. The website is plasteak.com. I called and they were very helpful.

It was easy and looks great.

Bill