Siroco sailboat
I'm wroking on a friend's sailboat, a Siroco (~15', cuddy cabin). The
centerboard pivot pin has rusted thru and sheared off. The pivot pin nut is glassed in on the port side of the trunk, I have the top of the nut exposed, but of course I'm working thru a 6" inspection port 8-( Although the top of the nut is exposed and I can get a pair of vise-grips on it I can't get the sucker to move. Has anyone had experience with the Siroco (don't remember who made it) in this area? Is this just a normal nut and washer or perhaps does the nut have a wider washer welded to it making it too large to simply slide out? I figure I have to grind everything away anyway to do the final repair (epxoied 3/4" ply along the sides of the trunk sealed with 5200 and a bolt all the way thru with nut and washers, all properly gooped up to prevent leakage) but since I'm working with a Dremel tool and a 1" cutoff wheel I thought I'd ask to see how much more grinding I've got to do 8-( Unfortunately my 4" Makita grinder is in Phila while I'm in Hartford, CT although I'm not so sure I want to try and manouver a grinder in there with one hand 8-( Any suggestions welcome, Pirate_Dave -- |
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