[Public-list] Leaky Deck joints

[FINNUS505 at aol.com]

Hey,
Stargazer had some deck leaks along the toe rail. She has the vertical  
toerail. We had to keep anything in the lockers in waterproof plastic bags. Last  
season I put a narrow bead of 3M 4200 in the inboard seam between the toe rail  
and deck, and that stopped all the rain leaks. She still leaks when we sail 
and  heel over, so I have to do the outboard seam, as Mike describes below. 
I'll do  that this spring, before we paint the topsides.
 
To caulk the inboard seam, first I cleaned the area where the caulk was to  
go of any old caulk that was protruding out, then gave it a quick rub down with 
 220 grit paper, and then a wipe with turpentine on a rag. Then I masked, 
putting  one piece 1/8 inch inboard from the rail on the deck, and another 1/8" 
above the  seam on the toerail. A narrow bead from the caulking gun, filleted 
to shape with  a gloved finger, and that was that.
 
Hope this helps,
Lee
Stargazer #255
 
In a message dated 11/12/2004 2:52:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
capricebob at yahoo.com writes:

Thanks  for the info.  Caprice is thru bolted so I shall give it a shot and  
hopefully it will mitigate or stop all together the water coming in.   

Thanks again!
Bobby
Caprice #380

Mike Lehman  <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
A quick fix is to dig out the cauking  from both sides of the toerail and 
re-caulking the joint. If your boat has  a SS rub rail, it means removing 
that and cleaning up the joint. That is  probably all you have to do.

If your boat has a flat cap rail [instead  of a stand-up toe rail] check 
underneath [inside the boat] to see if the  deck/hull joint is thru-bolted or 
fastened with pop-rivets. If it is  pop-riveted and has the flat cap rail, 
then the permament fix is to remove  the cap rail, drill out the rivets, and 
replace them with #10 flat-head  bolts re-caulking as you go. It sounds like 
a bigger job than it is, but  it requires 2 people and a lot of patience 
removing the rail so you can  reuse it, and a couple of days of work putting 
everything back  together.

In either case the mast does not need to be  removed.





Mike  Lehman
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----Original  Message Follows----
From: robert robicheaux 
Reply-To: Alberg 30 Public  List -- open to all 

To: alberg list 

Subject: [Public-list]  Leaky Deck joints
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:56:19 -0800 (PST)

Hello  Everyone,

Seems like I have a leaky deck/hull joint. It may be just the  thru bolts or 
it may be the joint itself or both.

Has anyone rebed  their boat's deck/hull joint?

Do you need to remove the mast to do this  project properly?

Is there a quick fix that might last the season? I'm  currently heading 
south.

I would appreciate any suggestions or  tips.

Thanks,
Bobby





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