Pulled the boat at Berkeley Marine for a long overdue shaft seal replacement and a bottom job. The bad news for me is I won't make the round the rocks, the good news is my keel won't be shedding fiberglass crap half way to Hawaii.
Freedom 30 "Jacqueline"
Bad news good news
Pulled the boat at Berkeley Marine for a long overdue shaft seal replacement and a bottom job. The bad news for me is I won't make the round the rocks, the good news is my keel won't be shedding fiberglass crap half way to Hawaii.
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Awww. I saw Jacqueline there in the yard on Tuesday. Good thing you found it two months ahead of time ....Originally Posted by mike cunningham
Pulled the boat at Berkeley Marine for a long overdue shaft seal replacement and a bottom job. The bad news for me is I won't make the round the rocks, the good news is my keel won't be shedding fiberglass crap half way to Hawaii.
Alerion 38 "Surprise!"
That's not fast.
200+ posts, OMG
Good catch!
Niagara 35 "Solo"
I assume it wasn't like that on haul-out...for the curious, what happened? Did you start fixing a blister and it grew from there, or did something take a deep bite out of the leading edge and water got in?
Freedom 30 "Jacqueline"
Ha Ha, I would sort of like to say it was like this for the last race to Hawaii but no, it was not like this at haul out. My keel sump is about a foot deep. TSP, the original builder, installed a cladding of some sort of material from the sump/keel seam to the bottom of the keel. This stuff has always been a little flaky but I have sort of patched and Mcgyreved around and ignored it. This time I think water had finally loosened it up to the point where aggressive sanding started to gouge out large pieces of the cladding and I had to bite the bullet and remove it all. Its just lead under there so no water intrusion issues from a structural standpoint. Its all a good thing at the end of the day. I should have fixed this a while back. The lead has been recovered in several coats of epoxy and will be painted in due course.
BTW since I have never, ever, not once, gone aground in the twenty years I have owned the boat, I have no idea how water could have gotten under the cladding.
The shaft seal replacement has been a hassle though, now there is a new problem of some sort. Talking to the yard Monday to understand the latest drama. Typical...
Last edited by mike cunningham; 04-15-2018 at 01:39 PM.
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
I hope talking to the yard Monday will not BE the latest drama.
Freedom 30 "Jacqueline"
No, the real drama happens when you see the bill.
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