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8122pbrainard 
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Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41045 |
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 Posted: June-06-2012 at 4:53pm |
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Murph,
Can you se any evidence that a repair was done around the strut and rudder port on the OUTSIDE of the hull? Check for an uneven bottom with your hand. It's just a thought here about why you have the recess's. I see some stress cracking on the outside but not inside. I wouldn't worry too much about it on the outside since that really isn't structural. Check close on the inside. Has the bottom been painted? |
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Gary S
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Posted: June-06-2012 at 4:55pm |
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While your back there fix your rudder connection as well. You need one of these
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-06-2012 at 5:19pm |
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Murph,
I just reread your post and missed the cracking problem the first time!  On the inside, I'd do some grinding to see how deep these cracks are. CC put a pretty thick coat of pigmented resin in their bilges. It's decorative and does need to come off anyway if a repair is needed. The repair is done on the inside.
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Skibear
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Joined: June-04-2012 Location: Lavonia, GA Status: Offline Points: 18 |
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Posted: June-06-2012 at 6:02pm |
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Pete, the boat was bottom painted some time ago. But, I don't feel any evidence of repair in the strut/rudder area. I'll start cleaning things up and keep you posted on my progress.
And thanks Gary. I'll address the steering linkage when I get there. |
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jimsport93
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Posted: June-06-2012 at 8:49pm |
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Well I gotta say that Mark used that boat well. He was on Lanier many times with wife, daughter and two sons, cruising, skiing (don't think I saw any tubing!) and enjoying a classic boat.
Lot of stress on an older hull. Probably moved some things around a bit! But, hey it was worth it 
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jimsport93
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Posted: June-06-2012 at 10:37pm |
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Nice looking boat BTW!
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MAN - GA
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Joined: July-09-2009 Location: Cumming, GA Status: Offline Points: 298 |
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Posted: June-07-2012 at 11:58am |
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I really like that picture Jim you must have taken it as I don't remember seeing that one in my photo albums. Haven't seen you guys in the last couple weekends and hope all is going well with you. We'll have to get Murphy down on Lanier to introduce him to the Lanier crowd sometime.
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Skibear
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Posted: June-07-2012 at 1:34pm |
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I'd like that Mark. Great pic Jim! Thanks!
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jimsport93
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Posted: June-07-2012 at 7:44pm |
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Mark,yes,I did take that picture last year at Sunset Cove.
Did not realize you had sold the boat until I found this post. We were on our way up 400 last Sunday to Charleston Park and blew out a set of wheel bearings. So, we did not make it last weekend. Hopefully, we will be up there this weekend. Murphy welcome to the club! |
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Skibear
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Posted: June-07-2012 at 8:02pm |
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Thanks Jim. Sorry about the bearings. Been there. I used to live on Six Mile Creek. It'll be fun to run around there again sometime soon and meet you guys.
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Gary S
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Posted: June-08-2012 at 2:39am |
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I found the paper work for the clevis kit,it's Teleflex SA 27314
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Skibear
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Posted: June-11-2012 at 1:58am |
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Thanks Gary.
Not much progress to report. Life's had me on the go. Cleaned up the strut and started on recess. I haven't worked with fiberglass and resins in about 40 years so I'm having to study up a bit to regain my confidence.  Initial clean up.  Chasing a void.  Here between my finger tips the fiberglass ain't right. Tapping here I get a sound like tapping on a plastic putty knife lying on a Formica counter. A raspy sound compared to the thud of tapping elsewhere in the recess. I guess I’ve got to go deeper. I’m curious about why the rudder port is so well reinforced topside and the strut is not. I haven’t yet looked into how deep the stress fractures are topside above the strut, but am wondering if this whole area should be reinforced. How thick should the hull be above the strut? |
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