Hi Ron, I have not seen any signs of rust, but I'm in Lake Superior (and always have been AFAIK), so that may be why there's no/little rust yet. I also have no noticable leaks and the bulges are not huge, but definitely noticeable when on the hard. There are some small cracks in the lead around the bulging. The guy I spoke to at Barker's Island said that they had luck with the technique I mentioned really hammering hard after squirting epoxy into one drilled hole on either side in an attempt to drive the epoxy into any voids, followed by fairing the keel (with more epoxy and sanding I'd assume). I'm not sure how effective that would be, but he indicated they had a lot of success. My main concern is making sure that the bulges stop progressing, and I think you are correct that water is coming in from the bilge (the guy at the marina said the same), so just sealing the top of the bolts once my boat is back on the hard will hopefully mitigate the problem.
Thanks, Gene Hawk 29-2 On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 8:06 AM, Ronald V Ricci <rvri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the same issue on my 37+. Water from the bilge gets around the > keel bolts when the boat is on the hard. I first noticed rust coming out > of a blister in the keel. When the boat is in the water nothing leaks. > Next winter I'm going to pull the mast, seal around the keel bolts and > torque them. For my boat, the bolts that leak are under the mast. I'll > probably also grind off the filler put in the blister so as to allow any > residual water to drain out. > Ron Ricci > S/V Patriot >
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