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Wooden boat repair advice
I have a 56 Penn Yan Captivator that I worked on for several years.
The entire hull below the spray-rail was West-system epoxied, because there was substantial rot in the ribs and floor that we didn't want to deal with (the boat was given to me, it was my first restoration project). A couple of summers ago, the keel, which is scarfed in several places, separated from the hull under load at one of the scarf joints, creating a leak at the level of the middle bench-seat. The leak is minor when going at trawling speed, but getting up on plane allows in about a quart every 5-10 minutes. The keel was screwed onto the hull through the west-system-covered hull. We tried through-bolting the 2 sides of the scarf joint into the inner keel piece to "cinch" the joint back up, but to no avail. I know there is considerable flex at this point of the hull (not a great place for a joint). I am wondering if anybody has a relatively simple fix for this sort problem. My thought was to clean out the joint, epoxy in a biscuit to bond the scarf together, then place a 8-10 foot long metal plate along the length of the keel across this joint to keep it from flexing open as much under load. Then caulk the heck out of the joint and hope the reduced flex will minimize the leak. I don't necessarily want a great cosmetic job, and I am prepared to have a small amount of leakage, but want to minimize the leakage as much as possible and have it structurally more sound than it is at present. Thanks for any suggestions. |
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