Finally finished covering the hole in my swim step.

[georgia]

After a year of trying to figure out where in hell I was getting water on board and into the bilge of my 2008 39i, I found the culprit. Problem was the water was brackish at times, sometimes salt.. because it was coming from rain and sea.   My lower swim step had a leak.  I crawled into the aft space and found that the thin plywood under the teak on the lower swim step had rotted away...  I found the hole....
I did some research and found no reason for them, other than during the build process, so I removed all the teak, cleaned up the mess, installed a couple Flat PVC plastic panels, fiberglassed the hole, sent a template to Seadeck, and when it arrived, installed it. I chose Seadeck as it looks good and won't rot. I do a lot of offshore sailing and the last thing I want is a coule big ass holes that close to the waterline so i'm much happier now that my boat is back to dry and the holes are gone.
I can always repeat the process if I ever have to do any major surgery aft in the future, but not planning on it. 







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[MalcolmP]

Well done Georgia, looks ace.

[ania]

May 4, 2020 13:18:20 GMT georgia said:

After a year of trying to figure out where in hell I was getting water on board and into the bilge of my 2008 39i, I found the culprit. Problem was the water was brackish at times, sometimes salt.. because it was coming from rain and sea.   My lower swim step had a leak.  I crawled into the aft space and found that the thin plywood under the teak on the lower swim step had rotted away...  I found the hole....
I did some research and found no reason for them, other than during the build process, so I removed all the teak, cleaned up the mess, installed a couple Flat PVC plastic panels, fiberglassed the hole, sent a template to Seadeck, and when it arrived, installed it. I chose Seadeck as it looks good and won't rot. I do a lot of offshore sailing and the last thing I want is a coule big ass holes that close to the waterline so i'm much happier now that my boat is back to dry and the holes are gone.
I can always repeat the process if I ever have to do any major surgery aft in the future, but not planning on it. 

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How expensive was to make that synthetic teak part? Looks super good!

[georgia]

it was around $500...  to have it custom made... but SEADECK never did a Jeanneau 39i before. Now they have a template on file.
I'm actually considering redoing all the teak in the cockpit. The SeaDeck is a bit softer on the feet than teak, and requires no maintenance. 

[ania]

Did you look into anything other than SeaDeck? Looking for quotes to replace teak on our 51. Tired of caring for teak, gray look just doesn't do it for me unfortunately.