When I bought my 25 I had the bottom soda blasted to remove all the old bottom paint.
While fairing the keel/hull joint I noticed some small imperfections at the aft end of the keel sump. When I opened one up so I could fill and fair it, a stream of the antifreeze that I had in the bilge started shooting out. Once the stream stopped I opened the hole up until I reached solid fibreglass. When I was finished there was about a 1” diameter hole leading directly into the bilge. It looks like there was a big air bubble there when the boat was being laid up that was missed being rolled out. I filled the area with chopped mat and epoxy until it was sealed. I wonder what the previous owners would have thought knowing that the only thing keeping them afloat for 15 years was the thickness of brittle gelcoat. Rick Taillieu Nemesis '75 C&C 25 #371 Shearwater Yacht Club Halifax, NS. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jake Brodersen Sent: November-24-12 8:55 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Cutting my keel Tim, We found a number of hairline cracks in the keel stub. They were spread out and not really concentrated in one area. The boat was originally commissioned in Maine. I suspect that it had a hard grounding at some point. I didn’t notice any stress at the back of the keel, which is where you would expect to see major damage in a grounding. This past spring when I had the bottom paint soda blasted, we found some longitudinal cracks in the gelcoat and glass on the port and starboard side in the hull, less than a foot from the keel joint. One was over two feet long. They were grounded out and glassed in. It is all faired in nicely now. Jake From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Tim Goodyear Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 5:26 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Cutting my keel Jake, I know you've documented your project, but what did the cracks look like before you started? Mojito has a couple of short hairline cracks at the hull / stub joint on the port side, and at the very rear of the keel. Thanks, Tim _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2629/5416 - Release Date: 11/24/12
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