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Exterior Finish and Fiberglass / Re: Peeling gel coat on rudder and skeg question

« on: January 27, 2012, 10:31:14 AM »

Following on these previous posts:
I had an insurance survey last week.   Three areas of concern were noted
*Moisture in the rudder - It was suggested that I drill a couple of holes in the bottom to see if anything drains out.   The surface of the rudder is rough and looks like gel coat pealing off but Rusty Pelican says it is fairing.    Should I just strip the entire rudder and refair?

*Moisture in the top forward 1 foot section of the skeg.   Can anyone shed some light as what material is inside that section?
The surveyor is telling me that the delamination at the base is a result of this moisture.   Wonder where it is coming from?
Surveyor says it will be an expensive repair that needs to be addressed in the next few years.

*Moisture in the forward upper starboard side of the keel where it curves into the hull.   Hoping that the moisture meter was just reading some water sitting at the mast step.   Surveyor said that is possible.

Any thoughts or advice is appreciated.

Mike
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Exterior Finish and Fiberglass / Re: Peeling gel coat on rudder

« on: December 12, 2011, 08:30:38 AM »

I just sent an inquiry to my yard asking a similar question about some fiberglass/gel coat problem (about 2 inches) at the aft base of the skeg.  Here is the reply:

[i]Mike  -- it appears to be just fairing. You can do this work..if you want, .... All loose fairing removed. Smooth out remainder with disc sander or grinder and taper back to remaining borders of good fairing and apply new "bondo" or other marine fairing compound. When that dries smooth out and paint with antifoulant.  Otherwise you are looking a about $1,000 pending actually opening up by our crew.

$1000.00!!!!! Yikes!   -- Our yard manager is always trying to get me to learn to do my own work.   I guess this is his way of forcing me to do it myself.   They have plenty of business on the big jobs.   They don't need this work.

Mike
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Cruising / Re: Lights for inflatable

« on: August 10, 2011, 03:09:36 PM »

I had  discussion about that topic with a boating safety instructor last year. 
He said that both bow and stern lights are absolutely required. 

How does one attach bow lights?  I have yet to find any that attach to an inflatable.
We always use a suction cup stern light  - mounted on top of the outboard. 
There is one busy anchorage where I will have my son hold a clamp on red/green bow light.

Given all that, I hardly ever see anyone using lights on their inflatables other than a flashlight.

Mike
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Interior Structures / Re: Need swing out sink dimensions

« on: July 26, 2011, 01:26:28 PM »

Our hull #2 has the drop sink sink.  Ugly!!!!  Takes up too much space.  Also, the drain is not at the sink base so that guests tend to flip the sink up too quickly without fully draining. 

Over the weekend I was toying with the idea of pulling the whole unit out and insalling a small vessell sink in the lower "shelf" right behind the head.
It may be a bit of a stretch to get to, but it is not used that much.

Mike