Brad Stone
New member Username: Bstone
Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 | Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 11:02 pm: | |
Hi all... I'm the new owner of hull #60, and in the buying process over the last few months I've read much here with great interest. I must say this is a most helpful and comprehensive source of information, and my hat off to all who've worked so hard to make it so. My membership app is in the mail and am proud to be aboard. Right now she's on the hard, and in stripping the bottom I've found the cracked fairing compound front and rear of the keel written about here, plus a nice sized crack on the port side above joint level. I've ground out the fairing compound in these areas, making the stub/keel joint visible in front and rear, and I've got a few questions: I notice a glass layup from the keel insert on the hull, rounding down the stub, and to the keel. There is a small, consistant void running fore and aft on both sides, about joint level, between the stub/keel and this layup. Is this normal? Should I fill this area somehow, and with what... or should I just re-fair the cracked areas, and what sort of fairing material should I use? Brand names will definitely help. Thanks all, Brad |