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Warped cockpit locker lid

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JEN-et-ROSS:
""Surely teak would shrink side to side (perpendicular to the grain) rather than lengthways?""

Dunno... But I really can't see any reason why it couldn't shrink lengthwise...
.........Bill..

IslandAlchemy:
I've never seen anything like this before. Very strange.

SYJetzt:
It looks as if the stop buffers under the lid are set much too high. If the lid is loaded, tensions build up on the vertical part and the result is the crack mentioned. The lid should rest on the bead in the hull  below along its entire length. Repairing it is complex because the vertical parts of the lid in the area of the crack have to be reinforced with laminate. To do this, the old laminate has to be sanded down from the inside and reduced in thickness. Enough laminate has to be built up to reach the original thickness again. Due to the high loads, I would recommend carbon rovings.

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