Quick and dirty seepage fix?

[Magwitch]

The varnished transom on Patience is showing signs of moisture creeping in and darkening the mahogany. It’s getting in under the capping strip over the transom and into the end grain under the bulwark plank where it is fastened to the transom. Anyone suggest a quick fix just for this next season? I know I should remove the capping strip and unfasten the bulwark plank and slather a bit of white lead on the faying surfaces but I’ve got a lot to do anyway getting ready for an Azores trip next year and after the trauma of new engine and related work I just don’t feel like it,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Help?
IanW

[Magwitch]

I'll take that as a no then, shall I?
OK, do the job right, no quick fix, gottit,,,,,

IanW smile.gif

[Thad]

I'm afraid so, Ian. I couldn't think of a good one.

[Scott Rosen]

White lead may not be the best stuff to use because it's not very flexible and can crack with movement. I'll bet that your transom is subject to twisting forces which could cause movement in the joint between the cap and the transom.

Try using a flexible goo like Sikaflex.

[Hwyl]

Where are your running backstays attached Ian? Is there a chance that it's an indication of serious problems. I'm worried to offer "slather gunk in there" advice, in case it's an indication of a bigger problem.

I'll offer a pre-emptive strike on "The caucus of experts" and say: Give us pictures gosh durn you, scallywag, you expect help heh heh, patience is a vertue you know (oh whoops you already made that joke)!!

How is your relationship with the school that built Patience? Could you persuade them to take a look at it, in return you could propose a toast to them in Peter Cafe Sport.

[Magwitch]

Originally posted by Hwyl:
Where are your running backstays attached Ian? The runners are well forward, It's not a strain problem and hardly even structual, just cosmetic really. ;) I will fix it myself , I knew I should anyway (sigh) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Other than a weep through a deck seam this is the first hull "problem" in fifteen years. If it wasn't for the rest of the boat being so nice it wouln't notice. Picky, picky, picky,,,, smile.gif

IanW

[Stiletto]

If you really do want quick and dirty, consider an acrylic caulk/gapfiller there are sometimes timber coloured ones available.

Grant S

[ 12-12-2004, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: Stiletto ]

[paul oman]

Capt Tolley's creaping crack sealer (found in most marine catalogs and stores) will seep into hairline cracks and seal them. Dries clear.

paul oman
progressive epoxy polymers

[Buddy]

I've used Capt Tolley's( mostly on glass boats) for really aggravating window leaks. Sometimes even after removing the aluminum frame, glass, cleaning it all up and rebedding with silicone caulk, a leak persists. A shrimp boat capt told me about Tolleys and damn, it does work. Just how, I don't know, but the "repairs" have stayed water tight for many years.

[Alan D. Hyde]

I've never used Capt. Tolley's myself, but when I was in Florida last summer, I talked with a long-time boat-builder who liked it well.

Alan