Oh dear. This may take some time.

[Mark Halliday]

Well, I'm back.
Back with a bit of a problem.

The photos below are of my deck, or rather what is left of it.
Please feel free to give advice, LOL or just generally take the mickey.

[Nasher]

Mark

Have the Mice in West Sussex developed a taste for decks then?

Or have the Moles gone all sophisticated?

Good luck, you know where to come if you need any help.

Nasher

[Tim M]

Interesting. I was up at Porters a few weeks ago and they had a 6.5 in there having it's deck replaced. Are Porter's known for suffering dodgy decks?

[Mark Halliday]

Thanks mate.

It looks very much like an attack of dry rot.
The ply is bone dry inside despite the bilge being full of water.
No sign of any fungus though.

Chain drilling with a 3.25" hole saw is a very satisfying thing to do.


Don't forget 21/6.

[Mark Halliday]

Originally Posted by Tim M

Interesting. I was up at Porters a few weeks ago and they had a 6.5 in there having it's deck replaced. Are Porter's known for suffering dodgy decks?

Hi Tim.

Knowing the history of my Porter, I am not supprised that there are a few iffy bits. It went into the mould as a BWM and came out a Porter.

[jwalker]

Oops.

That's a bummer.

Whole deck out. Put new one in doing it properly. You know it makes sense!

[Nasher]

Originally Posted by Mark Halliday

Don't forget 21/6.

On the calender already.
And have a pass-out from She who must be obeyed

Nasher.

[Mark Halliday]

Originally Posted by jwalker

Whole deck out. Put new one in doing it properly. You know it makes sense!

I'm sharpening my angle grinder as we speak. Watch this space.
What grade of diamond blade do you recomend?

I can now do a couple of well overdue mods while I am at it.
1) Better breather on the fuel tank to prevent blow-back when filling.
2) Loose the deck well, now that it is fitted with trunks.
3) Thicker (18mm) decking.
4) Move console forwards (and perhaps replace with a better design)
5) Position seats better/ more room at the back.
6) Raise deck forward of console for bigger anchor well/warp locker.

etcetera etcetera.................

[Nasher]

'Rebuild' would be more appropriate than 'repair' then?

[Erin]

There would be a lot of fungus there if it was true dry-rot. Looks like a clasic case of a general brown rot (wet rot) which has now dried out somewhat.

Either that, or they made it out of 'only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate'