Oops! Floor crack!

[Dmksails]

I was sanding inside the boat when I heard a crack. Floor 5 has pulled away, taking part of the CB case with it. Did I screw up by not having the fiberglass go above the top of the floor?

Now, how do I fix this? My first thought is to pump epoxy into the crack. Do I need to do anything else, like add more fiberglass?

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[Dmksails]

Update: Received the following from the man himself -

That area around Floor 5 is REALLY strong. It's not going to flex later in the boat's life and cause that small crack to propagate.
I would just inject some unthickened epoxy in there and move on.

Clever trick: Point a heat gun at the crack for 10 seconds or so, then immediately dab it with epoxy. The rapidly-cooling fissure will help suck in the epoxy.

Cheers,
--
John C. Harris

[dbeck]

Hi Dave,

as in your case our glass did NOT go further up than the top edge of bulkhead 5 but we did one thing differently: We installed the bulkheads without the cleats. This allowed us to fillet and glass up to the top edge on both (!) sides. We installed the cleats much later when preparing the floor boards.

Dietrich