balsa

I was amazed (as was the rigger) to find that the hole cut for the mast some 32 years ago had not been sealed. The exposed balsa core was just sitting there waiting for a slow leak or drip that never came ... thank goodness ! Today we put the first two coats of Smith's on the exposed core...

http://ramoak.com/yankee30/ Nice site about the re-core of large parts of a Yankee 30 deck. Quite a few photos, too. Seems related to the work that lots of 30 year old boats like Ericsons need. I found this site while reading through threads at http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/ LB

Any one know what the thickness is of the balsa core used in the deck of an E 27? I have to repair an area of delam and would like to have all my material together before I start.