I'm not totally sure if he can explain these things in your languageany chance the guy who repaired your cockpit would be willing to talk, I would love to call him?
I'm not totally sure if he can explain these things in your languageBut I will be in touch with him again in the near future (I want him to repair my leaking Lightning bailer), so I'll ask him if he remembers.
To be more specific, my problem was that the foam core around the front corners of the floor had broken down, and the fix was to make the skins stick together again. I am/was not aware of a plywood piece underneath; how thick and wide is it? I find it a bit far-fetched that it would rot so badly that it would flex like that, especially if/when it's glassed in place.
Why? What's wrong with that outer/upper skin besides a few cracks? Is the fibreglass itself cracked or is it just the gelcoat? Even that isn't clear until you've gotten rid of all the red stuff. (First thing I would do. Lots of red glass dust expected.)I am leaning towards option B repair which is to replace the cockpit deck in sections.
Well, the space is there, so you have to fill it with something anyway. What do you mean with a "water catch"? I mean, if you do it the way I see it, you'd end up with the original outer surface in place, except for a few re-repaired cracks and a few filled injection holes. (And ok, maybe some red on the non-skid.)I have deduced that it would take quite a lot of foam/epoxy/fiber to fill the space and that approach would seem to create a water catch for any water that found its way in forward of the cockpit.
Oh no, you're talking about filling between the cockpit and the bottomWhat I mean by a water catch is that filling the area under the cockpit with a solid material would prevent any easy escape of water entering the inside of the hull from flowing to the drain bung hole located at the bottom of the transom. I have included one more photo that better illustrates the view under the cockpit which will show that it will take a fairly large amount of material to fill that space