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Default Fixing a leaky wooden boat

On Jan 13, 1:21*pm, "fungod@g" wrote:
I own a 16 foot marine plywood sailing dory. *I have tried to fix the
leaks on the seams of the boat with Life Caulk but after a season or
two I am back to bailing as much as I am sailing. *Are there any other
inexpensive do it yourself options for my boat? *The boat is on a
trailer so she is easy to work on. *Any suggestions would be
appreciated. *Thanks!

Hunky Dory


its a ply 16 foot dory. build a new one. gently take the one you have
apart lay the hull sections out fair them, draw on the replacement
ply, cut, fair, stick back on hull and epoxy.
if you want the same boat you have all the patterns you need to build
a new boat that is just like the old one.
but i prefer wood boats to any other material so a little fixing now
and again is not to hard a thing.