Post by Terry Pynckel on Dec 26, 2009 18:37:27 GMT -5
Hey group:
Merry Christmas.
I pulled the boat this week to have the bottom done after 4 years in salt water. The only s fouling was the bottom of the keel, the bow and the rudder, the rest of the bottom had at least another year of effectivness.
Very surprisingly I found some new blistering on the starboard rear quarter where none had been before. (incidentally, there is a same-vintage 36T for sale here that was pulled and found "extreme blistering" at haul out.....strange after 25 years of immersion) ....any other salt water boats have blisters show up after all that time?
I'll just be watching this for now, but more importantly, after the boat was blocked up on the hard, there developed a new horizontal crack about 8 inches in length from the leading edge of the keel backward about 6 inches down from the hull.
Pictures I took as the boat was being hauled show NO crack at all. I found the crack (the yard boss saw nothing when it was hauled) after the boat was blocked later in the afternoon ( the yard chose to tilt the boat so that it is down in the stern...."to let the rain water drain off". BS!) Anyway, the crack is about 10 inches long and, in parts, deep enuf to see the lead of the keel. I took the floor boards up and saw nothing amiss except a VERY small hairline crack up forward of the mast where the stringer meets the hull. The boat has not been grounded in 6 years except for a very gentle mud ground in the middle of a marked channel going about 2 knots. The yard says there is evidence ( that I REALLY disagree with ) that the crack was there for three or 4 months. The boat has not be sailed much in that time and certainly no groundings, and if that was the case I would think that I would see extreme fouling and barnacles in the crack since there was no antifouling in the crack.
I think the yard mis-blocked the boat and put too much pressure on the aft end of the keel putting too much downward pressure on the forward part of the keel resulting in the crack.
Should I be concerned or not? Should I just have the yard fill it and fair it?
Who should I get to look at it? How should I argue with the yard?
As a follow up to previous post....the non-charging alternator was due to a broken wire connection at the alternator. It was repaired and is now charging and the tack works all the time, not just over 1K rpm. Of course it was the last connection I checked, polished, and coated.
The squalling sound I asked about is still to be proven fixed...I had the cutlass bearing replaced without shaft scoring. We'll see if the sound is gone.
Thanks in advance guys, and again, happy holidays.
Merry Christmas.
I pulled the boat this week to have the bottom done after 4 years in salt water. The only s fouling was the bottom of the keel, the bow and the rudder, the rest of the bottom had at least another year of effectivness.
Very surprisingly I found some new blistering on the starboard rear quarter where none had been before. (incidentally, there is a same-vintage 36T for sale here that was pulled and found "extreme blistering" at haul out.....strange after 25 years of immersion) ....any other salt water boats have blisters show up after all that time?
I'll just be watching this for now, but more importantly, after the boat was blocked up on the hard, there developed a new horizontal crack about 8 inches in length from the leading edge of the keel backward about 6 inches down from the hull.
Pictures I took as the boat was being hauled show NO crack at all. I found the crack (the yard boss saw nothing when it was hauled) after the boat was blocked later in the afternoon ( the yard chose to tilt the boat so that it is down in the stern...."to let the rain water drain off". BS!) Anyway, the crack is about 10 inches long and, in parts, deep enuf to see the lead of the keel. I took the floor boards up and saw nothing amiss except a VERY small hairline crack up forward of the mast where the stringer meets the hull. The boat has not been grounded in 6 years except for a very gentle mud ground in the middle of a marked channel going about 2 knots. The yard says there is evidence ( that I REALLY disagree with ) that the crack was there for three or 4 months. The boat has not be sailed much in that time and certainly no groundings, and if that was the case I would think that I would see extreme fouling and barnacles in the crack since there was no antifouling in the crack.
I think the yard mis-blocked the boat and put too much pressure on the aft end of the keel putting too much downward pressure on the forward part of the keel resulting in the crack.
Should I be concerned or not? Should I just have the yard fill it and fair it?
Who should I get to look at it? How should I argue with the yard?
As a follow up to previous post....the non-charging alternator was due to a broken wire connection at the alternator. It was repaired and is now charging and the tack works all the time, not just over 1K rpm. Of course it was the last connection I checked, polished, and coated.
The squalling sound I asked about is still to be proven fixed...I had the cutlass bearing replaced without shaft scoring. We'll see if the sound is gone.
Thanks in advance guys, and again, happy holidays.