[Public-list] Hot Epoxy in the bilge

[victoria youngaitis]

Hi, folks!  Just to add my 2 cents...
Once one goes down the path of tar, there's no turning back!  I put tar into 
my old schooner's bilge-well, years ago, and no amount or type of primer, or 
anything, would stick to it, thereafter.  It's like... you either decide to 
go with the old-timey tar/linseed oil/turpentine stuff that the wood loved, 
OR you go with the modern materials (epoxy, and such).  But, they don't mix.

Also, to gain more time with the batches of epoxy, you can always put the 
container (I always re-use the plastic pint or quart containers that Chinese 
food comes in) into a pail of ice.  I used to tie the pail to my bosun's 
chair when I would haul myself up my spruce masts to epoxy-fill the checks 
in the wood, and it usually kept it workable for the duration.  (Of course, 
if I was careless and sloshed the ice-water into the epoxy container, then I 
had to lower myself down, cussing, to mix a new batch.)

I haven't had a chance to search for it, but does someone know the name of 
the Triton association?  I need to pull out my Atomic 4, but the location of 
the engine is mostly underneath the cockpit, my boom is in need of a 
gooseneck, and the only overhead is the cabin top, which I'm not sure can 
support the weight.  I know a shipyard that will pull it out for me, but 
they still want me to remove the tranny, mounting bolts, etc.,  which means 
paying them AND going headfirst down through the cockpit locker to reach the 
back of the engine.  Sounds like the A30 is alot friendlier!
>From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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>To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>Subject: Re: [Public-list] Hot Epoxy in the bilge
>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:02:31 -0500
>
>Just to further complicate the discussion...
>
>Common practice in commercial vessels and wooden yachts is to pour hot
>roofing tar into inaccessible spaces like the bilge above the heel of the
>keel...
>
>Gord #426 Surprise
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> >> David -
> >> You will find that the bilge is about an arms length deep and narrows 
>to
> > the stern to about 2in wide not very conducive for a grinder. While you
> > are down there check the aft floor stringer for rot, I had to replace it
> > and the battery box floor.
> >
> > John Boor
> > MAHSEER #380
> >>
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