Replacing the core on the foredeck....

......Steve has dug out the old core sections on the foredeck in order to beef up for the new windlass. It was a checkboard pattern of 4" x 1/2" blocks of wood which were set into a pattern and filled in between with some type of epoxy. Theory being that if water penetrates the core, it will only travel as far as the epoxy barrier. I guess it works??? Still a fair amount of decay in the core of the 24 year old. I'm glad that we are going through this step.