Sea Fevers Cal 29 Beam of Death

[tommays]

Getting ready to cut the liner after demoing the head area the Fein 250Q was a big disappointment as it took the dam thing 4 minutes to cut 4' of 5/16 thick fiberglass



The CAL CURSE galvanized steel mast support




Then the mother of all PITAs the 3 steel tabs behind the bulkheads BUT the Sawzall mad quick work of them



My worst fear did not happen as i was able to get the screws out the one tab hidden by the ice box as you can reach the nuts after the pan was removed :rockon



Now i just have to abuse myself enough to get the beam out I would cut in the middle BUT i am a bit afraid of starting a fire and really want to leave it in one piece to copy at the shop

[painkiller]

Good luck, man. I had a Cal 29 that I stripped down to bare glass and floor pan, thinking I would resurrect her. Deck re-coring on those boats is also a lot of fun. Most people do 'em from inside out. I had both of those problems (plus rotted bulkheads) and threw in the towel and sold her for peanuts.

[tommays]

Beam ejector hole and and BFH



Ejected beam



Off to metal shop and kind of of happy i passed on the 29s in better shape as everyone i looked at had the issue and it would suck to spend that much money and still have to chop it up

Thanks Pain

I got the time and the tools and the friends and a driveway to work in which makes the travel kind of Painless





Pulling the motor was much harder than the beam

[richardburgess3]

I have a cal29 with a beam problem and I would like to talk to you . Thanks Richard