I have a leak in the floor under the wood cover by the keel bolts. Any suggestions on how to stop it.
Wing keel leak
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Hi I had the same problem on my 29.5 a few years ago. The bildge pump went on every 3-4 hours. I dryed out the bildge and found water slowly entering the bildge by one of the keel bolts.
After taking the boat out for winter I inspected the keel and found a hairline crack all the way up the front of the keel. I fixed the crack and sealed the bolt with some mesh cloth impregrated with epoxy resin.
No more leaks in the bildge!!
Francois
After taking the boat out for winter I inspected the keel and found a hairline crack all the way up the front of the keel. I fixed the crack and sealed the bolt with some mesh cloth impregrated with epoxy resin.
No more leaks in the bildge!!
Francois
I had the same thing on my hunter 23', 1987. I removed the nut and washer one at a time. cleaned up the area and bolt, dried it off and put a bead of 3m 5200 marine caulling. you can get this at home depot for 1/2 the cost of west marine. i use the fast drying version. this fixed my problem and the boat is dry as a bone.
You may want to take a swim under your boat and check the area where teh keel meets the hull. I just scraped my keel and botton 2 weeks ago and was expecting to find bad things, but it was in very good shape. boat still needs a bottom job though.
dave
You may want to take a swim under your boat and check the area where teh keel meets the hull. I just scraped my keel and botton 2 weeks ago and was expecting to find bad things, but it was in very good shape. boat still needs a bottom job though.
dave
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