Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

You won't seal the mast exits, masthead sheaves openings, etc. you you'll still get water down the mast. However, to seal the mast collar, wrap silicone self fusing tape around it and fill the slot with LifeSeal. See: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_sb5TfIENvsUnBoN2F2Y0xkcmc That's gray

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

No need to walk the plank, it’s the old Valiant 40s that glassed the keelbolts. . . > On Feb 12, 2018, at 11:11 12AM, Brien Sadler via CnC-List > wrote: > > To clarify so the C owner's group doesn't try to Keelhaul, flog, or have my > surveyor walk the plank. He

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

018 4:39 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Brien Sadler Subject: Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts The only reason I worry about the mast leak is water in the bilge in the winter. It’s probably from being a submariner for close to 20 years, that in my mind water in the bilge is a big “No N

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

Not sure I agree with “Freezing is a valid concern”. It has worried me, but I have had frozen water in my bilge every winter I have owned the boat and it has not caused any problems that I know of. I rationalize this as an effect of water expanding along the path of least resistance, so should

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

st@cnc-list.com Cc: Brien Sadler <brien.sad...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts The only reason I worry about the mast leak is water in the bilge in the winter. It’s probably from being a submariner for close to 20 years, that in my mind water in the bilge is a bi

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

Freezing is a valid concern. If storing on the hard, many people have installed a garboard drain. An alternative for in or out of the water is the arid bilge product at the link below. It is an impressively effective display at the boat show but it carries an equally impressive price point as I

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

The only reason I worry about the mast leak is water in the bilge in the winter. It’s probably from being a submariner for close to 20 years, that in my mind water in the bilge is a big “No No”. I don’t want it turning to ice and causing problems. I have a bottle that catches most of the water

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

To clarify so the C owner's group doesn't try to Keelhaul, flog, or have my surveyor walk the plank. He didn't suggest the epoxy. It was the only information I had found in my limited search for a solution to "seal the keel bolts" in accordance with his recommendation. I asked the question here

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

It is easy to mistake mast leakage into the bilge as keel bolt leakage. There are also plenty of other water tanks that leak and can mislead you into thinking that the bolts are leaking. If after all of the investigation reveals that they are in fact leaking, the only right way to correct the

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

Rob, Thanks for the response. The surveyor didn't make a recommendation at all on how to "seal" them. The nuts are exposed and I have no signs of water intrusion in or out of the bilge through the keel bolts (i.e. damp line where the keel meets the stub or water coming in the boat while in the

Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts

Do NOT epoxy over the keel bolts. The surveyor needs to be keelhauled for that idea. Sealed stainless = corrosion AND how the would you ever be able to tighten them or inspect them ever again? Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Brien Sadler via