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Sinking
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:23:00 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: Hi all, No rush for answers on this one, but I'm sinking... I found a bit of water in the bilges and put it down to something benign, but on inspection, found a blister on the paint inside the hull, which when I burst revealed a ~2mm square hole in the hull on the bottom of the boat. I've plugged it with gaffer tape, rubber mats and bits of wood for now, but has anyone got any neat ways of fixing this without taking it out of the water (boat is a 20 tonne wrought iron/mild steel dutch barge, and a proper repair job would be ~£700)? I'm thinking a bolt with a big rubber washer on both sides and liberal use of silicon sealant. I'm hoping the rot is very localised. cheers Jim UK Off the top....find a big black rubber plunger cup and handle. Dive this onto the outside of the rust through hole in the hull. Build the hole edges in with a MIG torch from inside. If you try this - have someone make a movie please? :-) Brian W |
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