I blasted out to Victoria to escape the frigid Alberta cold for a week or so.
So I thought a little biking and messing around in the bilge would be fun. The
water in the bilge was a bit salty and the mild steel plates below the keel
bolts were badly corroded so I replaced some of the plates with some 3/8”
316SS. I cleaned out the bilge and watched. When I removed the bolts, one at a
time :-) there was no seepage around the bolts - a good sign I think. However
there are some cracks in the sump area between the keel bolts and these are
seeping water at about 100ml/day. I didn’t go out for a sail so assume there
would be more water ingress when the keel is under some stress. Is there some
way to seal these cracks without dropping the keel? What is the thickness from
the bottom of the bilge to the top of the keel stub? Can I just pour some epoxy
in the the sump area?
Thanks!!
Bill Hoyne
Mithrandir
’74 C&C35 MkII
in Victoria,BC
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