Re: Leaking P19 keel trunks -- a diagnostic approach.
oldbandito@citlink.net
Sun, 29 Aug 1999 12:13:26 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> The keel trunk on Jerry Barrilleaux's HMS18 #48 in the only old
one I've looked at in detail. It has a massively strong keel trunk
that is made of wood and fiberglass (I believe). It's approx 5 inches
wide and several inches longer from front to back than mine (even
tho our keels are the same >dimensions.) It also has transverse
knee braces tabbed into the hull to keep it from flexing even a little
bit. (they look like bookshelf brackes upside down) Jerry's keel
doesn't need gaskets or even to be tied down to keep it from
leaking. I was under the impression that all the old, original
HMS18's didn't have a leaking problem.
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The only time that mine leaks is in a really gnarlly chop. I have
experienced this a few times in the Sea of Cortez, but never leaked
after installing the gasket . . . . small price to pay. My housing is
like the one on Jerrys' boat if I remember correctly, very long,
transverse bracing, but mine is all wood, no glass other than where
it is tabbed to the hull and on the wood joints.
Dik