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Let my say this first: It's no biggy! What is a little rot amongst friends ;) 

This weekend was one of those annoying weekends that I hate. A weekend where I can't get anything done because I'm waiting for a bunch of stuff to show up. I'm waiting for the gear to dry out the hull and I'm still searching for a place to purchase epoxy and foam for the deck. 

That reminds me: Do any of you guys know of a good place to purchase closed cell PVC foam for use with epoxy? Seeing as I need 13 square meters (140 square feet) it needs to be somewhere in Europe.

Long story short I removed a bit of the deck and found ... surprise surprise rotten wood ;) Ahh... the joys of being a boat owner ;) It's okay though! I was already planning on removing most of the old core in the deck, so a bit of rotten wood doesn't matter ;) 


I hope you guys have had an awesome weekend too :) 

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Sail Life - Rotten deck core on a Warrior 38 - DIY sailboat restoration

In this video, I remove part of the deck aboard my Warrior 38 sailboat to reveal a completely rotten core. That's okay, DIY sailboat restoration is a lot of fun!

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Brad Luellen

Mads, did you ever get to the "Boatworks Today" channel on youtube?? What he is working on is pretty much exactly what you are doing, and it might give you a few tips.

Sail Life

I've dropped Andy an email to see if he would be up for an on-camera chat about my deck :) I figured that would be a fun for everyone to watch :) I know he's extemely busy so I'll totally understand if he dosen't have time :)

Jimmy

Before you asked the question in the video I was thinking "just replace the whole core!". I like what Thomas Perry suggests with improving the deck with som cool features.