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I'm trying to find this reference, where's the DJ website? I'll keep looking. Could send a link, or a way to search for this?

Understood, thanks. I do now expect that 'dry sailing' is not realistic in this case. I will work on my first launch to allow time for the boat to swell before getting underway. I may fill the...

OK now I keep going back and forth with this plan to restore the boat to hopefully sail this year. If I use SikaFlex 291i on the keel "deadwood" and throughout the hull to shore up the gaps, at...

Here are a few more pictures of the keel and hull. You'll notice the seam between the keel board and the hull, this is where I would expect to use a maintainable / flexible caulk. The keel boards...

So I'm leaning towards SikaFlex 291i for the lapstrake boards on the hull, and 5200 for the keel boards. There are significant gaps in the keel and I want that thing to be a solid unit. If I use...

Is there a flexible adhesive like 3M 5200 that can be sanded? That 5200 stuff is so great, I've used it for all kinds of other applications (speaker boxes, and home plumbing, marine applications)......

OK I finally got the upload to work.

I've scraped the hull now and at least there's no rot! I have always wondered if open seams like this could be sealed with 3M 5200 Marine Adhesive. I know...

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Hello Friends, I am writing to get your advice on how to proceed with the hull restoration on our 1967 "Folkeboot Junior," a Danish traditional keel boat that is sitting in our driveway on its...