Bulkhead Repair – Removing Old Fiberglass and Damaged Wood, Installing New Wood and Re-glassing

As you can see the bulkhead separating the cockpit from the salon was in need of some attention. It was a combination of rot and also an active termite colony at some point during the boat’s life. Not all of the bulkhead was damaged, but sections of it had to be replaced across its entire width.

The most severe damage was on the starboard side. A small leak was found allowing water to flow from the starboard side of the flybridge through the interior of the bulkhead all the way down into the engine room. We did not know it at the time of purchase, but have since found out that this was a common issue with this model. 3M 4200 was used to seal as best as possible all areas on the flybridge that were, or could have potentially been contributing to the leak.

We had to cut out sections of the plywood from where you can see in the above photo all the way down to the deck in the engine room. Luckily most was still in good shape and we were able to scab on new pieces to replace what had to come out.

Once all of the new plywood was in place, we were ready to glass everything back in. The guys at Bay Marine did excellent fiberglass work and it came out looking like it was from the factory. I would highly recommend their services to anyone looking for a good, reasonably priced boatyard on the Gulf Coast.