Trojan Boat Forum

I purchased this boat as a project boat. I love this design. Previous owner made small holes in bridge deck (who knows why?), but then removed screws leaving open to be exposed to the elements. Now the deck is soft and sagging. My plan is to remove the stainless steel trim edge moulding and try to remove the top deck in one piece. Remove all rotten material and re-structure so I can replace the previously removed and repaired cap. Does this sound like a reasonable thought for repair? Or just cut old out and restructure and re-glass? Open to all options. Also does anyone know what is the core material in the bridge deck?

Thanks for your ideas in advance.

Rick

Welcome aboard, I love my F-32 it's a nice wide boat with more room inside than any other 32ft boat i've seen. I believe the coring is verticle cut balsa and I haven't had a problem with mine but this has been done by several people so you should be getting all the help you need here. good luck. and again, welcome.

By the way, If you do a search for coring or the like you might find some info already here.

Bubbabuda wrote:Now the deck is soft and sagging. My plan is to remove the stainless steel trim edge moulding and try to remove the top deck in one piece.

The bridge is two layers of 3/4" crosscut balsa with a fiberglass mat between them. I don't believe you can remove the bridge floor as it seems to be bolted to the salon roof section before the salon ceiling is installed.

I would approach it from the top, bridge floor... have you checked the degree of softness, is it in patches? If so just cut them open from the top. If you have a large area I would approach it in 1/4 sections to maintain the rigidity as the floor does not sit fully on the cabin roof, it touches in spots.... I think there are a couple of U channels that are bolted to the salon roof.
Working from the top ensures that you don't have any air gaps between the balsa and top layer.

use the search function,lots of hints and pics