Brien:
You can have a mast boot sealed with a good tape and put a little bead
of caulking/silicone etc. in the mast track....that show solve that
problem however you will never keep all the water out from the mast
sheaves, etc....there will always be a drip inside the mast in a rain.
Regarding your keel bolts, you said " the surveyor wrote that the keel
bolts need to be sealed"......can't be sure exactly what he meant but
any qualified surveyor would never recommend pouring epoxy into the
bilge until the bolts are covered.....if the bolts are covered, then the
nuts are covered.....doesn't make sense. He probably meant backing off
the nuts, removing the washers and/or plates, resealing the bolts,
replace the washers/plates and re torquing the nuts. I'd do that but I
would never pour epoxy into the bilge to correct any this issue. The
nuts and bolts should always remain exposed.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32- 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2018-02-12 2:19 PM, Brien Sadler via CnC-List wrote:
I'm sure both of these topics have been covered before, but A) any
suggestions on keeping the little bit of water that drips down the
mast from coming in at all? I'd like to seal it up completely (old
submariner habit of trying to keep all the water out of the people
tank.) B) When I had the boat surveyed the surveyor wrote that the
keel bolts need to be sealed which I assume means prepping and then
pouring epoxy into the bilge until the bolts are covered. Has anyone
done this on a 35-3 or do you know what the ramifications are if I
leave them exposed. It doesn't seem to be impacting anything right now
but as with anything exposed to sea water it will eventually. Thanks
for helping a newbie out.
Brien
S/V TAZ
1987 C&C 35-3
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