It is easy to mistake mast leakage into the bilge as keel bolt leakage. There are also plenty of other water tanks that leak and can mislead you into thinking that the bolts are leaking. If after all of the investigation reveals that they are in fact leaking, the only right way to correct the problem is to drop the keel, re-bed, and re-torque. Leaking is pretty unusual though and simply torqing the bolts is usually all that is needed. Sometimes owners elect to do various patches and band-aids on the outside to correct for the crack (smile) which can occur.
Here are some useful links: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yV1JEN3YxQk1RbHc/view?usp=drivesdk https://youtu.be/n6B0IPKQERc - more links in the comments section. I would suggest cautiously evaluating the torque specs on the photo album. Maybe use a spec developed by an engineering authority. Good luck, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Feb 12, 2018 1:19 PM, "Brien Sadler via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 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 _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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