Tess II Deck and Companionway Hatch Repairs

Tess II 37VT22 will be out of the boat house tomorrow then will stay at the marina for a couple of days in the rain to ensure the repairs of the headliner and deck leaks are indeed fixed. Philbrooks said the hatch coaming sealant between hatch and the fiberglass deck had failed. They removed the entire hatch and coaming. Cleaned off the old caulking and reinstalled with new modern caulking/ sealant. They used all new long stainless steel through bolts to refasten. They then did a water test with a hose. Before reinstalling the headliner. I will repair the water damaged headliner next spring once the rain stops. I am a ticketed Joiner by trade, have all the required tools on board and my labour rate is A LOT LESS than Philbrooks.😀

The port teak was removed from near the stern along to the pilot house door area on the port deck. They found large voids in several of the thickened areas where the screws were for holding the teak in place once they opened up the areas with a grinder. 

As I had mentioned earlier when they applied forced air in the screw holes water came out like a fountain in many other places. Once they had it all dried out. All of the voids and all the screw holes were filled with epoxy. 

Then they glued new teak planks down. Then installed teak plugs with epoxy to make it match existing deak and appear as if it was fastened as the original surounding decks. Then the black caulking between planks was applied.

Bruce. Tess ll