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[Gordon Laco]

Good advice... I met a friend at the boatyard who told me the same thing.  It worked.   

Went to paint Touch Wood's bilges; her deck goes on tomorrow. 

I can see the completion of this long rescue; mustn't get impatient'

G

On 2012-04-08, at 2:34 PM, Jeffrey <alberg30nh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gord,
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> If you paint some neat epoxy on the hull and let it get tacky your
> fiberglass patch will stick by itself.
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> -jeff
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> 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 -
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> So I¹d better stop playing with my computer writing long messages to the
>> list and go and do it....
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>> Bye for now ­ Gord #426 SURPRISE
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