Help, my shearplank is bulging

[TimScearce]

Hello Gang,

I must confess to a little ignorance on this topic so please bear with me.

I am owned by a teak on ipol carvel planked Cheoy Lee Robb 35 yawl. I had her up in Port Townsend this summer for topside painting. Before she was hauled I noticed a slight (less than 1/8") bowing of the shearplanking between the mast and the bow. It is a little worse on the port side than the starboard side. The painter I was working with (a wooden boat owner himself) feels the shrouds were way overtensioned. This probably occured a year ago when the mast was restepped. I have sailed her a moderate amount this year (never enough it seems) including a wonderful day racing in 20-25 kts winds the weekend before she was hauled out.

I have looked up at the planking from the V-berth and don't see (or feel) any cracks in the frames. Is is likely that the overtensioned shrouds could have done this? I am going to get a shipwright to look at this with me but I am curious as to how serious this is likely to be.

Any thoughts or suggestions on where I can go to learn about bulging shearplanks and how to fix them would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Tim

[Bark]

Tim:

I can't offer much in the way of advice, but it may interest you to know that my teak Cheoy Lee Lion suffers from the same phenomenon. Port and starboard. The previous owner of 15 years said it had been that way as long as he owned the boat. Good luck.

[RGM]

Where do you keep the boat? I think Bob Cleek has the same boat, I wonder if he has had the same or similar experience? Perhaps he'll see your post and respond.