[Public-list] Re: crack leak at the keel

[Todd Redhead]

Henry,

Do you have access to the inside of your watertank.  If so, do you have a
series of cracks moving up the bottom seam?  I am still curious to know
whether some of your leaking was coming from your water tank or not.  If the
tank was leaking, it would explain the amount of substance coming from your
hull.  I had not heard that fiberglass was considered a pourous material
before George mentioned it - so I will have to give that some thought before
I make a conclusion on Strathgowan.  However, in my case, I am still leaning
toward the problem being a watertank leak.  Otherwise, it would seem to me
that we all would have leaking hulls during haulout time especially where
ever we had managed to damage the gelcoat.  (We all seem to hit the ground
at one time or another - don't we?)  Keep us informed as you decide how to
repair the problem.

Todd

P.S. I will try to post some pictures of the inside of my watertank to my
website in the next couple of days.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Hilliard" <island_light at yahoo.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:51 PM
Subject: [Public-list] Re: crack leak at the keel


>   Thank you George and all for your input on my  keel
> leak issue.
>    The description of stalacites forming  at the base
> of the keel explains my situation after last winter.
> The suggestion I take the "taste test "  to determine
> the contents bode a bit toxic as the blue liquid drips
> from off the bottom paint. I have taken the whiff test
> : salt brine is all I get.
>    I'm more intimate with Celeste's keel after
> removing I presume much of  her 35 years of bottom
> paint over the last two days. Once I got down to the
> gel coat  I found several chips that dig into the
> substructure. I suspect most boats of this vintage
> have a few dings like this hiding under layers of
> bottom paint where water seepage seems likely.
>    As for the seam connection it doesn't have a
> consistent gel coat . So my conclusion is I don't have
> a crack issue rather a pourous material (as George
> points out)  that is perhaps most  suscepatble to
> leaks at the seam.
>
> Henry Hilliard
> Celeste #394
>
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