[Rhodes22-list] Latest on the Boat - peel away

[bobmellor]

Hank..

what kind of peel away did you use?  I picked some peel away "6" up at lowes
that had a graphic of a boat w/ bottom paint, said on the container said
works on marine paint, safe for fiberglass.. but the manufacturer (dumond)
web site does not mention either for "6".

their web site shows "marine safety strip" for removing marine bottom paint,
and marine saftey strip II for removing marine bottompaint without removing
barrier coat or for gelcoat in poor shape (much more expensive product).
I assume these 2 are also west marine's safety strip and safety strip pro.

re leaks...

..I have an '80 pretty much gutted and am putting it back together... have
been chasing leaks as well....  its sealed up well now.  The main culprits
were clogged drain tubes and /leaky drain tube fittings as has been
mentioned by several others.  its amazing how much water can be collected in
the cockpit during a decent rain!  (also, if parked on the slope in front of
my house it sits stern end up a bit collecting water at the forward end of
the cockpit....  i was tipping it back to drain after a heavy rain and a bit
too quickly found what Rik referred to... RAPID overflow into the lazarett
hatch.  won't do that again.)  anything that allows the water to go into the
hull as opposed to draining can easily put a LOT of rain water inside
quickly.

also if you watch rain water normally running off of the hull it tends to
find paths to "stream"...  if one of those paths goes by a poorly seated
side nav light or similar, it can also channel a good amount of water in..
but probably not near as much as you are seeing.

when down to the last few dribbles, i dusted some cornstarch baby powder
around likely spots inside the cabin  which "recorded" the paths of any
water dribbling in.

good luck w/ the boat

bob m    

  



Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Hi Gang,
> 
> Just wanted to give an update on what we are doing with the boat we bought
> off of eBay back in September.  We got the IMF out this last weekend with
> only one problem.  The PO had installed a cleat on the mast and the screws
> protruded in and wouldn't let the IMF slide past.  The screws were frozen
> to
> the cleat and we ended up having to cut the cleat off with a sawzall. 
> After
> that it was a breeze.  Both sails are in decent shape and we plan to send
> them to Sailcare for cleaning and re-resining.  The Jib needs a new
> sunbrella, but is a good North sail and it even has a foam luff pad.
> Overall, the sails are in better condition than I had hoped.  We also
> stripped the bottom paint off using peel away.  Came off pretty good and
> the
> bottom underneath looks in great shape.  In the spring we'll sand it down
> good and apply a good barrier coat followed by the bottom paint.  All the
> rigging looks in good shape so there is not really a whole lot to do to
> get
> it ready to sail.
> 
> Are next big task for her is to get the cabin cleaned up and to figure out
> where all the rain water is coming in from.  In about a month sitting on
> Jack stands, she collected about 50 gallons of rain water (10 5 gal
> buckets), so I am concerned about where it's coming in.  Apparently this
> has
> been going on for awhile as the flooring is shot from being water logged.
> We'll need to pull it up and replace it.  Not sure what we will use for
> the
> new flooring, but suggestions are welcome.  The cabin also needs a good
> cleaning up but that is mostly elbow grease.  The only electrical on it so
> far is the nav lights.  I'll be thinking about what to do with that over
> the
> next few months.
> 
> I'm still shooting for a mid spring splash and a lot of good sailing next
> year.  Much of the work she needs can be done in the water, so we can
> still
> sail on good days and work on windless days.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hank
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