Hey everyone! And by the way, Happy Valentines Day to all of you!!
I have been contemplating a fix for this as it is getting worse. It was originally patched by a helper at a boatyard when I first salvaged it and I tried to dig out all of a one foot patch the previous owner had put on it to try and get to the root of the problem. I am much improved in working with fiberglass now than I was then. However, I do not want to take this lightly and am humbly asking for any suggestions as I get heavy in the research to fix this problem the correct way. Have been looking at Practical Sailor today and some articles I am reading is "A Quest for Keel Integrity;" "When Keel, Stub Part Ways;" "First Aid for Lead Lesions." And, also, have been studying West Systems "Repairing Keels and Rudders" more specific "Repairing internal ballast keels" although I think this damage runs all the way inside to the encapsulated keel (as a note: the keel is apparently lead encased in concrete which is then encased in the fiberglass--she is a Lockley Newport LN23). I was told two stories of how she became a salvage boat. The first was that she dragged anchor in a storm and ended up on her side on an island on Lake Hartwell; the other was that she broke loose from a mooring in a storm and ended up on her side on an island on Lake Hartwell. Either way she sustained damage probably from submerged rocks before making landfall. Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or reference material that I could further study are greatly appreciated. And I also will be consulting West Systems as they have been very helpful to me as have all of you who have been following "Selah's" transformation. Thank you all so very much.
James
I have been contemplating a fix for this as it is getting worse. It was originally patched by a helper at a boatyard when I first salvaged it and I tried to dig out all of a one foot patch the previous owner had put on it to try and get to the root of the problem. I am much improved in working with fiberglass now than I was then. However, I do not want to take this lightly and am humbly asking for any suggestions as I get heavy in the research to fix this problem the correct way. Have been looking at Practical Sailor today and some articles I am reading is "A Quest for Keel Integrity;" "When Keel, Stub Part Ways;" "First Aid for Lead Lesions." And, also, have been studying West Systems "Repairing Keels and Rudders" more specific "Repairing internal ballast keels" although I think this damage runs all the way inside to the encapsulated keel (as a note: the keel is apparently lead encased in concrete which is then encased in the fiberglass--she is a Lockley Newport LN23). I was told two stories of how she became a salvage boat. The first was that she dragged anchor in a storm and ended up on her side on an island on Lake Hartwell; the other was that she broke loose from a mooring in a storm and ended up on her side on an island on Lake Hartwell. Either way she sustained damage probably from submerged rocks before making landfall. Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or reference material that I could further study are greatly appreciated. And I also will be consulting West Systems as they have been very helpful to me as have all of you who have been following "Selah's" transformation. Thank you all so very much.
James
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