JamesgangNC wrote:

Flush everything you can with fresh water. Then get it started and get it
thoroughly heated up and let it run a while.


Thank you all for tips. I flushed the engine with fresh water, let it dry
for one day and today it started with no problem. Only the alternator seems
damaged, the 'charge' alarm is on. However, with high revs the 'charge'
warning light dims. Voltmeter showed very slow increase in voltage after
having run the engine for like half an hour, voltage peaked at 12.8V). So
maybe the alternator is not completely dead, although it doesn't charge as
before.

The boat is an uninsured old wooden sail boat of carvel plank-on-frame
construction. It leaks significantly only after being sailed hard to
windward. Mast is keel stepped, and leakage occurs when tiny gaps open
between the first plank and keelson near the mast step. I was thinking that
maybe building a stainless steel frame connecting chainplates, keelson,
keel bolts and mast step would reinforce the setup enough for keeping the
planks together and allow for shrouds to be tightened more? The mast is
really heavy, solid oregon pine over 50 feet tall. One boatbuilder
suggested that the real culprit are the keel bolts. Anyway I'm planning to
get the leak sorted out but with minimal budget. Any ideas how to solve
this?

Thanks,

Joe