[Rhodes22-list] hull problems?

[Stephen Staum]

I agree also. SS

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On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The cracks look like gelcoat crazing to me.  I agree with Rummy on how
> to deal with it.
>
> Hank
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net>  
> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> It's time again to work on the boat.  I'm hoping somebody can help me
>> with a couple of problems.  Take a look at pictures labeled  
>> hull_x.jpg.
>> I don't know a whole lot about bottom paint.  Stan says he used Petit
>> Trinidad on our boat which is a year 2000, recycled in 2008.  We  
>> trailer
>> sail so the boat is on the trailer most of the time.  Are the  
>> cracks in
>> the pictures typical with bottom paint after a couple of years, or is
>> this due to blistering, or what??
>> The cracks in hull_1.jpg bother me the most as it appears like some  
>> kind
>> of layer has lifted just slightly.  I don't know how long the hull  
>> has
>> been like this.  I only looked this year because we lost some bottom
>> paint on the keel from grounding on soft sand this spring.  At  
>> first, I
>> thought that the cracks in hull_1.jpg were the only ones, so I looked
>> inside the hull to see if I could see any damage inside.  I pulled  
>> off
>> the cover to the water tank, then hauled out the water tank and its
>> floor.  I found no evidence of damage where the cracks were located  
>> but
>> did find some blobs of rusty looking stuff on the keel/centerboard
>> structure. ??  Yep, they are magnetic.  Where did these  come  
>> from?  See
>> picture rust_blobs.jpg.  They seemed to be adhered to the keel
>> structure.  Oh well, I was going to haul the centerboard this winter
>> anyway so I might as well tear up the floor to see what else I find.
>> One kind of "humorous" note was that on the inside face of the  
>> bulkhead
>> separating the head from the water tank was written in large  
>> letters in
>> pencil "DO NOT USE THIS PIECE".  It looked like an okay piece of  
>> ply to
>> me.  The tabbing connecting the bulkhead to the hull was loose but  
>> Don
>> Casey says one must expect this in any boat.
>> What I mostly need is guidance on how best to deal with the cracks on
>> the hull, and where did the rust come from?  Hull is very dry by the
>> way.  We didn't do much on the water this year as it was so blasted  
>> hot.
>> Joe
>>
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