Patent ID: 8858747
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B29C,B29L,B63B

Abstract:
1. A method of preventive maintenance for a boat hull, said boat hull having inner and outer fiberglass skins separated by a balsa wood core in the form of small separated blocks preattached to a fabric like material on one side only of said separate blocks of balsa wood, said method comprising the steps of: a) disassembling hardware from predetermined areas of said hull, b) removing said hardware from said hull; c) inspecting said predetermined areas for any moisture damaged balsa wood core, detecting any moisture damaged balsa wood core areas of the hull, boring at least one relatively small hole through a skin at each detected moisture damaged balsa wood core detected area; applying heat to each of the detected moisture damaged balsa wood core areas for drying out said blocks of the balsa wood within said detected moisture damaged balsa wood core areas; after drying of the moisture damaged balsa wood core areas, turning any detected rotted blocks of moisture damaged balsa wood within the detected moisture damaged balsa wood core area into wood chips and debris; de-coring said detected moisture damaged balsa wood core areas, by breaking down said damaged balsa wood core and removing said wood chips and debris from the detected moisture damaged balsa wood core areas through said at least one relatively small hole, thereby forming a cavity within each detected moisture damaged balsa wood core area and filling each said cavity with a filled epoxy, d) reassembling said hardware, and e) sealing said hardware with new sealant.