*siboney 2.0* structural repairs - 1972 58' yachtfisherman

[MarioG]

great description of the work involved. you are doing this the RIGHT way. this is the same way a friend that works at a large composite company told me how to do mine. on small areas i drilled 3 inch holes and dug out the rot then poured 4lb foam onto the hole, let it dry and replaced the top in the same was as you described above

Thank you Bill! Cheers!

[Captain Ralph]

I had a similar Ideal windlass on our Bertram. It was painted steel.
What a workhorse.

Is yours stainless plate or chrome??
It freaking looks great.

Oh, The deck looks awesome also.

[Captain Ralph]

Up next, the entire salon roof rebuild!!!! (teaser) if you thought my bow deck repair was massive wait until you see what I'm currently in the process with the salon roof. I 100% guarantee ill blow your mind... to be continued..

My bud is about to pull the trigger on his.
Look forward to watching this project.

[jim rosenthal]

Looks great. Nice work!

[madhatter1]

Nice job! I know the feeling. Replacing the old wood cockpit on our 34 we discovered the bulkhead beam under the doors to cockpit was gone. All you can do is roll up your sleeves and get to work if you want things right.

Things will be so much better once done. We are doing mini upgrades to our 46 and it feels great. These old boats are well worth the effort.

[bostonhatteras]

That looks great! Its real piece of mind having that project complete. Did you support the lower skin/battens while you had all that weight holding down the lose top skin and core? I recall on mine the bottom skin was no where as thick as the top skin and I couldn't see weight as my solution for fear of distorting the camber.

[Cricket]

Pretty work.

[SKYCHENEY]

Looks great! Imagine the yard bill if you didn't do that yourself. And it probably wouldn't have been done as well.

[MarioG]

I had a similar Ideal windlass on our Bertram. It was painted steel.
What a workhorse.

Is yours stainless plate or chrome??
It freaking looks great.

Oh, The deck looks awesome also.

Stainless plate housing with bronze capstan! weighs in around 70 lbs.

[MarioG]

Looks great! Imagine the yard bill if you didn't do that yourself. And it probably wouldn't have been done as well.

Thank you Sky!