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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-10-2015, 13:03
Replies: 62
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Posted By Don C L
Re: Water from bilge infiltrating keel with encapsulated ballast

OK, so a question to all: My friend's boat had a number of shallow blisters, but it has three that are quite deep. The glass has not appeared to be widely saturated, just pockets that fill and...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-10-2015, 18:04
Replies: 62
Views: 16,270
Posted By Don C L
Re: Water from bilge infiltrating keel with encapsulated ballast

Clearly I need to spend more time in the bilges of a higher grade of boat! Hear that friends? Buy a better boat for me to get a ride in! But I am only going to look in the bilge, don't ask me to...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-10-2015, 14:40
Replies: 62
Views: 16,270
Posted By Don C L
Re: Water from bilge infiltrating keel with encapsulated ballast

Wow, just curious, what boat is it that has a gel-coated bilge?
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-10-2015, 13:30
Replies: 62
Views: 16,270
Posted By Don C L
Re: Water from bilge infiltrating keel with encapsulated ballast

Personally I'd be less worried about water going from top down than from bottom up. If there are any more of these defects in the hull or keel, better to find them now. I just spent the weekend...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-10-2015, 12:27
Replies: 62
Views: 16,270
Posted By Don C L
Re: Water from bilge infiltrating keel with encapsulated ballast

I may have missed it, but the water coming out of the original defect, did it smell like vinegar and was it a light brown? Could it have been a blister that you were digging out? I have never heard...
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