Listees, Since this is a place with a lot of experience, I figure someone here has done this before. A Girl Scout camp I volunteer at has 3 Sears aluminum construction rowboats (Gamefishers) which have been run upon rocks and beaches too many times and are starting to leak. They are of riveted construction with caulking between the sheets of metal, and mostly seem to be leaking in the bow areas. Inspection doesn't show pinholes or metal cracking, but some rivets and seams look suspicious. I could try to reset the rivets, but I suspect that the caulk is as much at fault as the loose metal, since these are at least ten years old. Any ideas about good repair methods?
Jim McEwen, Dana Pt., CA.
