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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | HAVE MERCY Posted By: Skipper Adams Date: 9/23/07 9:13a.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: partly because the leech droops as the sail is rolled up (pic) (Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas) Lord you have a pretty boat Charlie. I am supposed to be in Huston for a meeting around the first of the year. Sure would like a tour of your boat. How far are you from Houston? Oh yes Adam, what do you think the cause of your leak is. I take it it is above the water line. I am beginning to believe that mine is not the keel bolts . I am going through the process of protecting the deck and cockpit from all rain and see of that stops the drip out of the bottom of the keel. I found an access plate that covered up a direct path to the lead in the keel. It is filled with detritus from over the years. Also, the keel and hull took a significant hit bad enough that a hole bigger than a basketball was made under the port cockpit seat and the bottom of the keel had to be patched. Both patches were simply made and need work. I have to put rove mat back in the area under the seat (they faired the hull very well, but the keel is another story. the hole was above and below the water line. I figure that it was dropped because their is no evidence of water damage to the teak interior. So, your thoughts on your leak, Adam. Skip

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Hey Adam -- Skipper Adams -- 9/22/07 6:42p.m.

Hmmm. That would explain some things... -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/22/07 7:37p.m.

partly because the leech droops as the sail is rolled up -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 6:45a.m.

 HAVE MERCY  -- Skipper Adams -- 9/23/07 9:13a.m.

Port Lavaca is where we keep the boat- it's about 125 miles from Houston -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 11:37a.m.

What, you're telling me Laura didn't get that done on her cruise? -- Rachel -- 9/23/07 2:33p.m.

lol- nope- she got the eyebrows done, the starboard toe rail -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 5:40p.m.

Ugh, I'm not a big stainless fan anyway, as you know... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 6:33p.m.

seem to be ok. We have a very few bronze clevis pins which I hoard -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/24/07 8:23p.m.

It seems impossible, but I've seen split rings come off "by themselves"... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 9:09p.m.

Jamestown distributors . . . -- Lee -- 9/25/07 4:43a.m.

Try Shaw and Tenney- but stand by for the prices -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:38a.m.

Jamestown shows Silicone Bronze COTTER pins, but only stainless Clevis pins -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 6:36a.m.

Yep- one of the reasons I dislike them- saw a flailing jib sheet -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:41a.m.

Bronze Blocks -- Eden Cowart -- 1/29/08 9:19a.m.

re:Above waterline leak -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/26/07 5:37p.m.

Okay Adam -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 9:17a.m.

The portlights are not completely sealed... -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 11:36a.m.

Gotcha -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 1:22p.m.

Sealing the base of the mast -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 3:37p.m.

Of course there are differing opinions on this, but I consider silicone... -- Rachel -- 9/27/07 7:26p.m.

I was refraining, hoping you'd chime in. I won't allow silicone aboard. -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/27/07 7:44p.m.

Hee hee, the "two-man" anti-silicone band (not that we're the only ones) -- Rachel -- 9/28/07 3:55p.m.

ROFL - now Rachel- from someone who is "womanizing" a booth at Trawlerfest, I'm -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/28/07 6:12p.m.

I know, but "two-person band" just doesn't have a ring to it -- Rachel -- 9/29/07 5:26a.m.

How's the show going? Tiring I'll bet. Will we see you chatting tonight? -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/29/07 5:37a.m.

Leaks revisited -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 11:27a.m.

Sounds like you are onto something -- Skipper Adams -- 10/15/07 2:00p.m.

I've never rebedded -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 5:03p.m.

Same here -- Skipper Adams -- 10/18/07 11:37a.m.

Towels -- Joe McCary -- 9/23/07 5:50p.m.

Yep- I think jiffy reefing is the way to go -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 7:30p.m.