[Public-List] Keel Repairs

[Gordon Laco]

Good morning John, 

First question is: are you sure you have something to repair?  If you do, the cure is sanding or grinding and sanding, to get a fresh surface, then application of thickened epoxy into the damage.  Cover that with cloth and more epoxy painted on to saturate it, and hold that in place with a layer of waxed paper (so the epoxy won’t stick to it) with cardboard on that… and then lots of masking tape to hold the waxed paper and cardboard in place, which is holding the patch in place.

40 is very hot (oh, haha you’re in the States, the last place in the world to use British Imperial measure - bit of humour intended)   The epoxy will set, it’ll just take longer.

After the patch cures, it’ll be lumpy and perhaps jagged where things moved due to gravity… the cure for that is a second visit to grind/sand smooth, then more epoxy, held up with another waxed paper and tape job.


Gordon Laco
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> On Apr 28, 2020, at 10:45 AM, John Irving via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> Last summer I was bringing Scotch Bonnet from Burlington Vt. To Cape Cod via the Champlain Barge Canal.  We hit an unmarked rock in the channel.  I t wasn’t leaking and didn’t look too bad so we continued on our way.  Now I have a launch date in 2 weeks and am looking for advice to repair it.  I’m hoping to repair it, but have limited access due to the blocking.  Launch scheduling is tough as it has to be on a very high tide.  It’s also40 degrees out which isn’t great for glass work outside.  Any thoughts?
> 
> John Irving
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