Caulking Problems

[Leviathan]

Re: Caulking Problems

are the main plank seams close fitted, without caulking, it may be the glued scarfs are the only thing wrong with this construction, it seems odd that calkins decided on these things, usually scarfs are glued but not cut like this

Thank you all for your help and ideas

[Rumars]

Re: Caulking Problems

We do have photos of the boat on the forum, in a thread from when she was last worked on. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...uot-Tiama-quot
At that time she was "refasten as needed", maybe today she needs some more.

[wizbang 13]

Re: Caulking Problems

Yea the former owners sound like dolts.
But you are the one who cannot get insurance/get hauled/is stuck in Mexico(further down wind from where you started)with a weird , leaky , 30 ton, 60 year old old boat.

[peter radclyffe]

Re: Caulking Problems

well you can lightly caulk where its needed,even pushing cotton in by hand on cracks, then stopping over,
another method of construction was to rout a small half round seam in the top edge of each hull plank and lay a line of cotton there ,then force the plank above down onto it, i dont know how this boat was built, but close seamed without cotton was used for some boats

[sp_clark]

Re: Caulking Problems

We do have photos of the boat on the forum, in a thread from when she was last worked on. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...uot-Tiama-quot
At that time she was "refasten as needed", maybe today she needs some more.

Beautiful... thanks for the link.

From 2009 that? Above the waterline it was white back then. Sometime in between painted grey? Bad choice....

Who's your Sancho Panza, Leviathan?

You're gonna need help with this.