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

[C.B. Currier]

Here Here! Mike has the right advice!
An independent surveyor would have an osmosis tester to see if there is
H2O in the hull and be able to check for voids. I do not see how a void
would structurally affect an A30 hull that far down.
In my opinion if they will not launch then you can hire a hydraulic
trailer to pick your bot up an take to another yard for launching.
These guys seem pretty unscrupulous by MAKING you have them service your
boat.
Good luck and keep us posted.

--
C.B. Currier
Infinity #57
Daybreak #458


Mike Lehman wrote:
> 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
> ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~
>
>
>
>
> ----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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