[Public-list] voids in hull from fiberglass mold duringfabrication---Boat held hostage!

[Mike Lehman]

Matthew,

Seems like you need a surveyor. I have never heard of an Alberg 30 with 
'voids' in the hull. I can understand a transducer thru-hull fitiing 
leaking, but voids in the hull in an Alberg - I don't think so. A surveyor 
may give you the professional advice and assistance you need to get your 
boat out of that yard.



Mike Lehman
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "Matthew Hay" <haymatthew_ at hotmail.com>
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Subject: [Public-list] voids in hull from fiberglass mold 
duringfabrication---Boat held hostage!
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:59:14 -0500

Hi everyone,
This is Matthew Hay long time no e-mail.  I am sure I was missed!!! My "new"
yard in mid-coast Maine is telling me that I have an old transducer
through-hull fitting that was leaking when they pulled the boat last fall.
It is a small transducer through-hull with an extruding tube about a 1/2
inch in diameter on the port side aft.  I did not notice much bilge pump
work or water collection last summer.  Even during my livaboard/sail from
NYC to Georgetown Maine.  But  this particular yard is refusing to launch my
1968 Alberg this spring unless I pay for what they are calling "a problem
with voids in the hull which occurred during fabrication at Whitby".  They
are stating that voids are a common occurrence in fiberglass construction
(which makes sense to me) but do to my trickling through-hull, the voids
have increased in size from freezing temperatures. Consequently requiring me
to pay a large sum of money to them to grind out the hull and fix the
"voids" or they will not put her in the water this spring.  This particular
yard was so expensive for winter storage to begin with, that this additional
cost is very difficult for me.  I am a teacher on a fixed income (don't
worry not grammar) and just want to make sure that I am not the guy with New
York on his transom in Maine.  Is anyone familiar with this problem?  If
such voids do exist, and they can be increased so dramatically do to a small
leak in a transducer, then this must have come up in the past.

Thank you for the help.
Best wishes for a great spring,

Matthew Hay #314

"What kind of voids"??  "Well empty voids".----- Woody Allen

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