[Rhodes22-list] Sinking at the dock!

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Gary,
What material is your pivot pin made of?
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/20/2010 1:20:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gary_lockhart33 at yahoo.com writes:


An  update and request for advise. I have been through the archive  and
excellent centerboard trunk repair info posted there. I have the West  
System
books and Don Caseys Hull & Deck Repair so feel well informed  but work like
some feedback from others who have successfully completed  this repair. The
area of concern is the pivot slots that are cracked thru.  I imagine the
repair sequence would be to apply epoxy to the interface of  the broken
pieces, assemble in perfect alignment and put 3 layers of epoxy  and glass
cloth on the back of the pivot section. How should the aluminum  spacer 
plate
below the pivot be attached? There is not evidence of hardware  attaching 
it,
only having been bonded on the rear surface. I am attaching a  picture. 
Would
adding stainless hardware be a good idea?  

foredeckguy wrote:
> 
> The inflow was about 3 to 4  gallons an hour. I launched on Saturday
> morning and returned Sunday to  put on running rigging but there was 3 
> inches of water above the  floor in the cabin. After an hour of pumping, I
> could tell it wasn't a  big hole but not good. Returned home to get 
trailer
> and after 2 hours  another 5 buckets of water had come in. Pulling the 
boat
> was going to  happen. On the hard, draining from the centerboard trunk has
> continued  from Sunday afternoon to this evening (Wed.). Water appears to
> be  seeping thru the trunk at about the level of the ballast or slightly
>  lower. I can see some slight inward bowing of the trunk wall in only a
>  couple of spots. There is still a lot of clearance from the trunk wall  
to
> the centerboard. Has anyone repaired a condition like this? I have  looked
> at the excellent write-up Lou put out and hope it doesn't need  to go to
> that level. Or do I just have to start cutting away the trunk  inner liner
> to know whats going to be required? I have pictures I will  try to attach
> that show water seeping thru the wall in almost 60% of  circumference of
> the trunk, at about the level of the ballast. How  could the fiberglass
> suddenly become porous? 
>     
> 
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