Tracy,
That UV dye trick is cool, I wish I had thought of that back in 1998 when we
first discovered Calypso’s laminate fractures at the forward end of the keel.
We did some vacuum bagged laminations during our rotten balsa core repairs. It
worked fine when we could be sure to obtain a
Martin, David, thanks for the eyeball+brain time and advice!
- Updated pictures at https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0h532ODWJEHCio
- I’ve decided I’m dealing with original construction—there’s fibreglass that
could have only been put in place before the structural grid went in.
- I do have a
Tracy,
I rebuilt the keel stub on my 35-3 last year, with guidance from a few guys
on this list. The design is slightly different on the 38-3, based in your
diagrams.
Is that aft keel bolt loose? What is the condition of the area around that
bolt? Are there backing plates for the keel bolts, or
Tracy,
After looking at the pictures my best guess is the boat grounded hard in the
past and was repaired.
If it was my boat I would choose option #2. In fact back in 1999 we did a
hull/internal repair of some stress cracking at the forward end of Calypso’s
keel. We went a bit overboard with
