Huh? It was sent to the liistserv. Chris Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: Gary Gaynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:05:19 To:[email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Perplexing keel problem after long distance hauling Sorry, But I received this on my private list - NOT the C27 list. Please correct your respond feature. I prefer to receive these on the C27 listserve. Thanx, Gary >Jon, > >First off, you should go after the hauler if you can document the damage. > >On the failed repairs, it sound to me from the information you've >given (and a few assumptions) that you've done the repairs while >there is considerable compression pressure on the (blocked) keel. >When the compression is relieved, the repair cannot deal with the >keel springing back into its uncompressed shape. You may want to >try it without so much weight bearing on the keel. It could be that >in sustaining the damage, some material was lost in the cracked >area. By compressing the crack with the weight of the boat, rather >than trying to fill it while 'unstressed', you are asking too much >of the glass/resin repair. > >This is only a guess without having some more information. > >Chris >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >-----Original Message----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:56:29 >To:<[email protected]> >Subject: catalina27-talk: Perplexing keel problem after long distance hauling > > >Listees: >Ý >I have a serious but perplexing problem resulting fromÝthe >long-distance haul of my 1975 C-27. I need your advice. >Ý >The boat was hauled from North Carolina to Boston in mid-July, >essentially a return home for the boat and for us. Somewhere along >the way the boat was damaged. When the boat arrived it was lifted >off theÝflatbed and put in the water. It immediately began to >takeÝon water--lots of it. After taking itÝout ofÝthe water, we >discovered a crack at the extreme aft end of the keel at the hull >(at the point where the hullÝbegins toÝcurve down to shape the >narrow end of the keel--perhaps an inch or two down that curve). The >crack was only several inches long around that aft end, perhaps four >inches long in all, sort of shaped like a "u". The leak showed at >the inside at the extreme aft end of the bilge in the passage (under >the interior deck) between it and the engine compartment (boat has >an A-4). While the pump kept on top of the leak, it did so only >barely. >Ý >A few words about the delivery: The boat had been located on the >extreme aft end of the trailer. A power boat was placed on the >front. The inside of the boat was an absolute mess. ThingsÝthat I >hadÝcarefully stowed were strewn about the boat.ÝItems stowed deep >in the after quarter berth were all over the salon floor in the >forward part of the boat. It was an amazing sight that got worse >when the water seeped up from the bilge. Clearly the boat had a very >rough trip. >Ý >When the boat was first on stands, I was able to ply out some resin >from the hull crack and thought maybe I could make a temporary patch >to get it across Dorchester Bay to my yacht club. I used Marine Tex. >The fix looked good, but as soon as the hydraulic trailer begin to >lift it from the stands and blocks, it cracked with a "snap." It had >returned. After a short haul on a hydraulic trailer to the club, I >removed the broken Marine Tex, openedÝthe crackÝup as best I could, >and we used West (resin, filler)Ýand some cloth and fashioned a >repair. When it was sealed on the outside, using a flashlight, I was >able to locate what seemed to be a crack of sorts in the bilge in >that passage leading to the engine compartment, where it seemed the >water had come in. I poured resin into it, hoping it would seep down. >Ý >Today, when we lifted the boat off the stands to put it in the >water, the same thing happened, a snap, and then a 1/8 in wide, >several inch long crack appeared. This work was done by someone with >a great deal of experience using West resins. >Ý >What is going on? The bilge looks fine. Four years ago, I employed >the Catalina Direct keel bolt upgrade and installed ss lags. I did >this only as a precaution because the original bolts looked, well, >rusted, but no worse than other Catalinas. My bilge has always been >clean and dry. I see nothing amiss there now. There is no Catalina >smile on this boat an no other external indications of a problem >anywhere along the keel. >Ý >Jon >C-27 1858 >Ý >Ý
