Beware of water seeping out of the back of the keel. If it keeps weeping for a
long time it could be coming all the way from the bilge. This happened to my
38" mk I and it turned into a major repair. I Have a log and pictures that show
the whole ugly affair.
Had to take the keel off to fix it correctly. Scarey.
Gary Kolc
---- Tim Goodyear <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Jake. I'll take a look under the anti fouling around the top of the
> keel stub this year. I've had two yards try to solve the crack at the back
> of the keel (the C&C frown?), but it is back this year with a little water
> weeping out. It's (now) all solid fiberglass in that area, so I don't know
> where the movement is starting.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Nov 24, 2012, at 7:54 AM, "Jake Brodersen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Tim,
> >
> > We found a number of hairline cracks in the keel stub. They were spread
> > out and not really concentrated in one area. The boat was originally
> > commissioned in Maine. I suspect that it had a hard grounding at some
> > point. I didn’t notice any stress at the back of the keel, which is where
> > you would expect to see major damage in a grounding.
> >
> > This past spring when I had the bottom paint soda blasted, we found some
> > longitudinal cracks in the gelcoat and glass on the port and starboard side
> > in the hull, less than a foot from the keel joint. One was over two feet
> > long. They were grounded out and glassed in. It is all faired in nicely
> > now.
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim
> > Goodyear
> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 5:26 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Cutting my keel
> >
> > Jake, I know you've documented your project, but what did the cracks look
> > like before you started? Mojito has a couple of short hairline cracks at
> > the hull / stub joint on the port side, and at the very rear of the keel.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim
> >
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