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Steven1234
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Initially Posted - 10/22/2025 :  08:31:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi, this is my first time posting here, but I have a 1982 Catalina 25 that we sail almost every weekend but recently noticed has a small amount of wood rot around the top of the chain plate . Small area, but enough rot to let the screw on the back side of the bulkhead to start sinking into the wood . My natural inclination is to replace the whole bulkhead , and was wondering if anyone here has had experience with that. It is the larger bulkhead thats on the compression post . I was also wondering if anyone had any good ideas rather than replacing the whole bulkhead since the rot seems prett] isolated. Thanks!p.s. I couldn’t figure out how to include a picture
Steven Scherling

Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 10/22/2025 :  21:12:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Steven,

I did a search of previous topics and found this one in the archives:

https://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=32216&SearchTerms=bulkhead rot

'Hope that helps ... welcome to the group!

Buzz
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/24/2025 :  06:25:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello Steven, there are a few steps you can take short of removing and replacing the entire bulkhead.
1. Wood Hardener — if you remove the chainplate temporarily, you can treat the area with Minwax wood hardener. Make sure to mask the good areas, and fully saturate the softer wood. Once it cures, you can sand lightly to smooth out the material, and re-install the chainplates.
2. Remove the soft wood, and then build up the area with epoxy-based wood filler. Depending on how much soft wood you remove, you might have to rebuild the material in several steps, applying the filler in layers. The final layers should be smoothed out by applying a flat piece of wood with Saran Wrap over the top on top of the curing material. The material has to still be a little soft to flatten it using this method. This will save time on sanding and smoothing later.
3. Piecing in a new section. If the soft area is large enough, find some teak plywood at a boating store or salvage yard and cut out the bad area. Using the cutout as a pattern, trace the shape on the teak plywood. Cut out the shape a little bit oversized, and then trim it using a file or coping saw until it fits. Use an epoxy or tite-bond type 3 waterproof glue to reattach the piece.
Also, check out the YouTube video in the article noted above.
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
Edited by - Voyager on 10/24/2025 06:31:21
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