[Rhodes22-list] keel CB issue

[Leland]

Andrew,

I've never bottom-coated the interior of my trunk.  I keep my boat in the
Chesapeake year-round and put new bottom paint on her every two or three
years, but she never looks like she needs it.  In shallow water I drop the
centerboard and frequently run her aground in soft mud as a depthfinder, but
it doesn't seem to affect the paint.

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD


Andrew Collins-2 wrote:
> 
> Dear List - I need a little help on the keel fiberglass deterioration at
> the
> centerboard trunk. There is a area that looks abraded and pitted to about
> 1/4" depth on the starboard side of the keel nearest the bow immediately
> adjacent to the CB trunk opening. I attach 2 pix to illustrate. I suspect
> I
> can grind out the pitting with a belt sander and fill with epoxy and then
> bottom paint.
> Does anyone know if the fiberglass is sufficiently thick at this point?
> Any
> advice is welcome.
> The pictures clearly show that there is no red bottom paint on the top of
> the centerboard, yet there is no marine growth there. This is in water
> when
> the boat is afloat, so why ? is the dark paint bottom paint?
> There was very little marine growth in the trunk itself, I scraped at it
> with a thin wood slat and knocked out some dust and debris like dried
> algae
> and tiny barnacles. The CB pivots freely. How often do any or all of you
> bottom coat the interior of the trunk? Stan told me to do it annually, but
> I
> am not going to this year as it is still clean.
>  Thanks for any input!
> Andrew
> sv Carmen
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