Actually the maritime Woodproducts decks that are assembled with their
silicone caulk have been used on Cabo Rico, Hinkely, PJ and Rybovitch
boats for more than 12 years.

I have contacts at Cabo because I have sold them several anchors. They
speak very highly of it and claim that they have no reported failures.
The main reason they use it however is that it requires less than half
the labor of Detco or Boatlife.

Pekka Huhta wrote:

"Peter S/Y Anicula" writes:


I guess I have a general aversion against silicone on boats. This is based
on experience from 20 years ago with some marine silicone products, that I
didn't like.


...But then again, nobody has even 10 years of experience of the new
silicones.

Glenn, having seen your boat built from the start (virtually) I would hate
to see you ruin the deck with some non-proved new wonder goo when a known
and long-used 2-part polysulphide would be a safe alternative.

Everything I know of wooden boats tells that silicone should be kept far
from wood. If you start using silicone there is no way back. There has
been enough bad examples of miraculous new products failing after a few
years. Your boat is a pretty big testfield for expensive failures...

Pekka




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