Leaking keel cc 32 1975 . Having trouble finding it

[Wdmcp]

Having trouble finding slow leak in keel

 

[Joe11688]

Having trouble finding slow leak in keel

One of my friends had that same problem on his O'Day 30 and he used that new West System Six 10 epoxy to fix it. He swears by this stuff. It's so easy to use in filling gaps between the keel and hull.

 

[Wdmcp]

Thanks I hope I can find it

 

[Joe11688]

You will.

Good luck!
Joe

 

[Jim Divan]

I have the same problem

Did you ever solve your leak? I have a 1976 32 cc ketch with three hole drilled in the keel

 

[Wdmcp]

Not sure if I found it or not. I think and hope it is a bad hull fitting. I am going to replace it when weather gets warmer.
Got some pic's of latest addition .

 

[Joe11688]

This boat must have a self bailing cockpit. I would check the hoses and thru-hull fittings in the bilge. If your 32 is a keel/centerboard, check the centerboard pendant line pipe where it enters the top of the keel slot in the cabin.

 

[RAD]

I can tell you every thing about this smodel including a keel crack that developed at the rear section of the keel and it was right under the motor on my 32 CC
I was getting enough water that it smelled like low tide in my boat so I made an access port in the bottom of the sink cabinet and found a slight stream of water coming from under the engine bed......then had the boat hauled and found this smile on the keel where it meets the hull.......I ducked taped a shop vac hose to the crack and sucked some fresh clean water out, then acetone, then West System epoxy that I poured in the bilge and finally a good coating of cloth and epoxy
Note: after about 5 years I noticed the crack started showing again so I ground it out again and used more cloth and a new product called West Systems G Flex epoxy and so far so good