[Public-list] crack leak at the keel

[ilhelms at comcast.net]

When I bought #562, she had been on the hard for a long period of time and had what looked like stalactites going from the center of the keel to the ground in a number of places. The boat had about a foot of water in the bildge at the time.  The water appeared to be seeping out of the hull joint. I cleaned out the joint, faired it, glassed over the length of the keel and I haven't had a problem since.
Lanny Helms
Windswept #562
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> George is correct. The older boats (I don't know about the newer ones) 
> had a stainless piece of trim going down the center line seam from the 
> bow to about 16 inches below the water line. After I removed the SS and 
> sanded through the gel coat, I saw that the seam wasn't filled in very 
> well at all underneath. The screw holes that held the SS on looked like 
> great sources of water intake. I used Interlux WaterTight to fair that 
> whole seam out on mine before I started the bottom paint. I didn't put 
> the SS trim back on yet. Still considering that at the moment. The seam 
> appeared much better as the front of the keel started to become more 
> rounded as it went down, but that would be near the area below the water 
> tank where you are referring to your stains. 
> 
> Bill Blevins 
> Sabrina #158 
> -- 
> 
> George Dinwiddie wrote: 
> 
> >On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 01:45:00AM -0700, Henry Hilliard wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> >>Am 
> >>I correct that the hull/ keel mold was one piece so 
> >>there would NOT be a "connection seam" at the 
> >>centerline of the keel? 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> >No, I believe the hull was molded in port and starboard halves, which 
> >were then glassed together. It could be a failure or deficiency of that 
> >connection, but also consider that fiberglass *is* somewhat permeable to 
> >water. 
> > 
> > - George 
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