Carpeting interior for moisture, heat, and sound control

[Lynn Marie]

Mac,

Glad to hear you finally finished up your berth project. I'll bet it feels good to have it in and ready for the next round of boating. You'll be amazed at the difference in warmth and sound up forward and I'd venture a guess Linda will enjoy it too.

But, you may not be done with all your carpet projects since I just finished buttoning up my latest of covering the overhead in the main cabin. I'm hoping it will quite down some rain noise and keep the condensation from forming the same way it has up forward.

Took the rails and shelf down then installed it in three pieces. One in the center raised roof section and down to the corner past the screw holes and the sides from there on out. The sides were a breeze but the middle would have been much easier with an extra pair of hands. Put the carpet up a while back but finally got the roof polished and the rails and shelf back up on Friday afternoon. Cleaned up a little wiring and things look pretty good again.


Tim

[rogerbum]

[Robbi]

Roger,
If you don't make JC, remind me and I will bring mine to Cathlamet and you bring paper to copy. Would that work? Robbi

[Valkyrie]

A word of caution on the foam, based on personal experience with a similar, but factory application, on my Jeanneau Tonic 23 sailboat that we recently sold.

Over time and with heat from the sun, the foam WILL deteriorate and carpet, vinyl or anything else applied over the foam will sag. It is one unholy mess to deal with and requires the use of a paint scraper to take it down to bare fiberglass to start all over again.

Having been there and done that, I, personally, would not use foam in a similar application. For your sake, I just hope that the quality of foam has improved over the years and will not break down as mine did.

Nick
"Valkyrie"

[SeaSpray]

Tim,
It would be great to see pics of the cabin top carpeting. Also looking through your album I see you have a drawer under the table. Do you have details and deminsions for it. I can not tell if it is on one side of the leg or straddles the leg. I would like to make one for my table. Does it get in the way for getting in or out when sitting.
Certainly looks like you do very nice work.
Thanks,
Steve

[Redƒox]

At the time I did RedFox, I was wrestling with idea of another layer to deal with (insulation layer) and opted out of that. I wanted to just keep it simple as possible (lazy again and impatient ) Now after a few years of enjoying a dry cabin in any weather, I'm thinking I have too much carpet, and am thinking about removing some, and installing cedar! (still insulative, and having some wood is nice )
Congrats on your sucess! One of the best things ever that can be done to a C-Dory Being they are a little more noisy than other boats without the "Lapstrake Hull" I still like them though (LapStrakes) Maybe in there future upgrades, C-Dory should conceder making their 'LapStakes' smaller (Like on the Harvey Dorys!) There pretty boats to! And I bet quieter... Never rode in one. (did all that drive anyone nuts?) LOL out....

[Lynn Marie]

Greg,

Stick with the C-Dory. I have ridden both and as I remember they were not as quit or as dry. The noise factor comes from only being on their flat bottom model and I think the wet is there because the laps are so much thinner than our C-Dories. I've had, fished, and built a bunch of dories in the 20' to 23' range and so far the current boat is the best.

As for your cedar project that sounds kind of interesting. Lots of the old wood boats had slates, I beleive called "ceiling", on the ribs so that you didn't lay up against the outer hull in the bunks and that still allowed any moisture to run down into the bilge for eventual discharge overboard. Even some newer high end trawler and sailboat types imitated the look. If you forge ahead we'll be waiting to see the pics.

Tim

[Redƒox]

Yes! True. I remember reading the report by "Power Boat Magazine" (If I remember right) and the comment was (on the deep strakes) was something like this: "they function as spray-knockers, but are noisy" (my own summation)

I don't care how much 'noise they contribute while underway, just the amount made----at-anchor! Come on... admit it, they are a bit on the noisy side due to them deep stakes. But as you said, they are there to give a dryer ride to! Within everything is a compromise of some sort. Insulating a C-Dory is a giant step for our kind; that way, we can have the benefits and beauty offered by this hull design... huh ~~ ... yah ...