I just bought a cheap, old fiberglass 9-ft sailing dinghy with rigging, which I want to use as a plain dinghy for now. That is, going from boatyard dock to mooring and back, dinghy staying in the water, at dock, for the season.
On the water side of transom, the dinghy has a small teak (or mahogany?) rudder attachment plate (what is tech. term?), 15" by 10" or so, with a matching unvarnished marine plywood backing plate. The whole is held with the four through screws for the rudder pivot hardware.
These wood parts will be sitting in water, so, for now, not in sailing mode, I could do two things:
1. - plan on removing wood parts, hoping they were not installed with adhesive, and fill the mounting screw holes with epoxy.
2.- attempt to seal the wood parts in place, with no experience with epoxy, fiberglass work or other
Option 2 is interesting, but more costly..!
Advice, please.
On the water side of transom, the dinghy has a small teak (or mahogany?) rudder attachment plate (what is tech. term?), 15" by 10" or so, with a matching unvarnished marine plywood backing plate. The whole is held with the four through screws for the rudder pivot hardware.
These wood parts will be sitting in water, so, for now, not in sailing mode, I could do two things:
1. - plan on removing wood parts, hoping they were not installed with adhesive, and fill the mounting screw holes with epoxy.
2.- attempt to seal the wood parts in place, with no experience with epoxy, fiberglass work or other
Option 2 is interesting, but more costly..!
Advice, please.
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