I was in touch with the technical guy at Marsmetal (Bill Souter) and sent him some photos. His opinion is that there has been some water seepage over the years into the sand core which these keels have (I didn't know there was one and neither did the yard here). He thought there could have been some freezing in the past to account for the cracking - overall it seems to be essentially cosmetic and we are going to clean it up, patch over it with epoxy or mat or something the yard chooses. I will keep an eye on it at each haul out. Marsmetal did offer to ship the keel there and repair it for about $10,000 as long as there were no "extras"! Needless to say we are going to deal with it locally. Ciao
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 3:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List 34+ deep draft Hi David, I have the wing keel and we saw the same issue on starboard side while doing the bottom job this spring. It was about 3/4 of the depth of the keel if I remember right and couple drops worth, maybe a teaspoon or 2. The guy helping me with stripping the upteen coats of bottom paint pointed it out to me, it kept new the paint for adhering properly on that spot (The weep spot was the size of a pinhead). It would weep more heavily on hot days if I remember right. He said don't worry about it, He said that it was quite common, innocuous, and most likely related to a small pocket somewhere. There was no sign of cracking anywhere on mine, Since the boat was out for a couple more weeks after the last coat of paint (While I was sanding / burnishing the bottom for speed) I kept an eye on it and wiped it every time to see if it would subside.. About 3 days before splashing it stopped (By then the boat had been out for a total of about 2.5 months) so I cleaned and repainted the spot.. It looked fine when we launched it a few days later. I would not be surprised to see it come back at the next haul-out.. Again, my guy said he's seen it many times over his 30+ years on the lake and has not seen any ill effects resulting from it. That corroborates the C&C guys' purely cosmetic comment, I would not worry too much about it. Best regards, Francois 1990 34+ "TakeFive" Lake Lanier, Georgia
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