Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?

Davis makes a product called "Slick Seam Compound" that can be applied
underwater. I've never used it but it may be worth looking into. Found it in
a West Marine catalog.

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Bill
Chesapeake, Va


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Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?

In article iVaMc.7901$fB4.1955@lakeread01, "IBNFSHN"
wrote:

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That won't stop a leak. It's kinda a waxy paste to smear in the planking
seams of a wood boat below the waterline. Doesn't work particularly well for
that either.

"IBNFSHN" wrote in message
news:iVaMc.7901$fB4.1955@lakeread01...
Davis makes a product called "Slick Seam Compound" that can be applied
underwater. I've never used it but it may be worth looking into. Found it
in
a West Marine catalog.

--
Bill
Chesapeake, Va


wrote in message
...
Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?

In article ,
says...
Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?

You may want to look at RayCrete

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...D5&ccurrency=2
&page=44730&category=2,42194,40727


--
MikeG
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net

In article ,
says...
Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?



You may want to look at RayCrete

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...D5&ccurrency=2
&page=44730&category=2,42194,40727


--
MikeG
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net

On Friday 23 July 2004 4:36 pm in rec.boats wrote:


Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?

There are several expensive varieties of snake oil available from
chandlers, but the traditional patch is best.
Slather a good layer of bitumin onto a piece of canvas and slap it
over the hole. Smooth the patch over (a roller is a good idea) and
water pressure will keep it in place.
When the boat is pulled just pull off the patch and clean up with
kerosene or white spirit..


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Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?

Anyway you can. When I first read the topis I figured emergency situation.
We have plugged leaky rubber boats witha wooden plug on flaot trips.
Recently when flaoting a sunk canoe for salvage ont he river I used a couple
pieces of torn rags to plug two large holes in the hull. In a gas tank
after tearingit up offroading in a car and beating the tank off some rocks I
plugged a hole temproarily by mixing up some ribbon epoxy putting it over
the hole, and sticking a screw through it.

Seriously... If you plan to fix this right soon I might be tempted to just
stuff something in the hole.

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Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?

There is a two part weld called Harvey's Plummer's Weld. It should be
available at most plumbing parts stores. It comes in a tube with one
of the two components inside the other. Pull off a hunk and knead
them together like clay. The patch can be applied under water as it
is designed to stop water leaks; even under pressure.

Good luck.... And remember, the Captain goes down with his ship! {:-)


wrote in message . ..
Hi,

We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it
to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it
began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that
about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The
inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it
looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the
weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough
to crack it.

Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape,
though it will need to be pulled and at least painted
before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to
temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything
that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard
to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly?