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13' whaler
Turpin	#1  Posted on 03/21/09 - 2:28 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 434 Comments: 20 Joined: 07/04/08	What purpose does or did the cylindrical disc just forward of the bow locker serve? I presume it was used for filling the hull with foam but not sure and have always been curious. 1963 13' Sport 50hp Evinrude Maintaining a level of sanity that is socially acceptable
gentry2007	#2  Posted on 03/21/09 - 6:38 PM
Member Posts: 13 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/26/08	I think you are dead on.
ioptfm	#3  Posted on 03/22/09 - 5:07 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	Turpin wrote: I presume it was used for filling the hull with foam but not sure and have always been curious. BINGO! Tom 1979 Sport 15'
jsb91010	#4  Posted on 03/22/09 - 8:57 AM
Member Posts: 128 Comments: 0 Joined: 05/01/08	it looks pretty tacky, you'd think they would have just made it look flush so it looks better
Turpin	#5  Posted on 03/22/09 - 2:28 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 434 Comments: 20 Joined: 07/04/08	Well I ground mine down and did a little fiberglass work to maintain thickness, any way it's gone now.
Tom W Clark	#6  Posted on 03/22/09 - 3:04 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	Yes, it is where the liquid foam was poured into the hull cavity during construction. Is is called the Sprue Hole. All Whalers have one somehere. Edited by Tom W Clark on 03/22/09 - 3:04 PM
ioptfm	#7  Posted on 03/22/09 - 4:02 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	Tom W Clark wrote: Yes, it is where the liquid foam was poured into the hull cavity during construction. Is is called the Sprue Hole. All Whalers have one somehere. I've got to ask Tom..............any idea as to why the name Sprue Hole? Tom 1979 Sport 15'
Tom W Clark	#8  Posted on 03/22/09 - 4:26 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Main Entry: sprue Pronunciation: \`sprü\ Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1875 1 : the waste piece on a casting (as of metal or plastic) left by the hole through which the mold was filled 2 : the hole in which a sprue forms Edited by Tom W Clark on 03/22/09 - 4:27 PM