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On 5 Sep 2004 04:16:29 -0700, (David Cranch) wrote:
Wayne, that would be a proper job. Unfortunately, the bolts are
unconventionally glassed over. In fact they are almost impossible to
locate and must be countersunk into the thick GRP hull. Although a
surgical approach would be a possibility, GRP lockers are built over
them on the starboard side, and the wooden galley and pilot berth on
the port side.
Thus it is not surprising to find no reference in the literature to
this kind of approach. That's why I believe an external patch-up job
is needed.
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You could probably clean out the gap between shoe and hull using small
grinding tools, hack saw blades, etc. Once the gap is clean the next
steps would be to inject thickened epoxy, cure, grind the edges
smooth, and seal with several more layers of epoxy. This is a "band
aid" solution, of course, to what may turn out to be a structural
issue with the shoe bolts.
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