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[Jeffrey]

Gord,


If you paint some neat epoxy on the hull and let it get tacky your
fiberglass patch will stick by itself.

-jeff

Jeff Fongemie
#116 Seagrass

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On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> Hello again -
>
> I¹m gathering my courage to go and effect a repair to SURPRISE¹s fore end of
> her keel... A few years ago we had what we call a Georgian Bay Kabong and a
> leak developed.    In the last two seasons it got bad enough that that we
> had to pump her out weekly.  Last spring I tried to fix it (the spot is
> clearly visible) but with the late spring and having to launch early due to
> work, water was still seeping out when I came to do the repair.  Needless to
> say the patch was a failure and we were faced with another leaky season.
>
> We stopped the leak using the old saw dust trick we used to use with TOUCH
> WOOD.  One makes a porridge-like mash of fine sawdust and water in a bucket.
> The bucket is then pushed under the hull with a boat hook , kept on the pole
> by tension with one¹s other hand holding the bucket¹s lanyard.  The bucket
> is pushed to where the leak is and shaken ­ a cloud of sodden sawdust comes
> out into the water.    One then repairs to the cockpit and opens a beer and
> waits, visualizing the bits of sawdust getting sucked into the leak in
> greater and greater numbers until the leak is stopped.  But it gets
> better... The sawdust continues to swell for some time and eventually the
> leak is plugged.  Voila.
>
> Anyway ­ this year since winter never really happened, the keel thawed and
> what moisture was in there is long gone now. Somehow, despite the excitement
> of haul out, I  remembered to position the boat so that the damage isn¹t
> covered by one of the cradle blocks.  I can get at the whole thing and it¹s
> dry.  I¹m going to grind a dish shaped area ­ layer up a mash of thickened
> epoxy and cloth all arranged in the correct shape, then push it into the
> ground area on a sheet of waxed paper with cardboard beneath that.   A
> girdle of masking tape will hold it all up while the epoxy cures.
>
> So I¹d better stop playing with my computer writing long messages to the
> list and go and do it....
>
> Bye for now ­ Gord #426 SURPRISE
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Jeffrey Fongemie

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