Redwing

  • 21 Nov 2011 03:17
    Reply # 755415 on 644008
    I just found out the steel supplier gave me the wrong piece of steel for my prop shaft. I now have to go through the whole process of getting it machined and it will cost me this time.
    jeezus, a bloke could weep.
  • 12 Nov 2011 05:18
    Reply # 748187 on 748125
    Annie Hill wrote:
    Gary King wrote:And take that screw out.

    When we built Badger, we took out almost every screw and those that we didn't were glued in as per the Gougeon Bros instructions.  No leaks ever and I feel it was a well worth while strategy.  The other thinking was that repairs and modifications can be carried out without worrying about having to saw through metal.

    I found a  couple of bronze ring nails with the planer while redoing the skeg. Luckily they are softer than steel and don't damage the cutters as much.
  • 12 Nov 2011 03:37
    Reply # 748125 on 745622
    Gary King wrote:And take that screw out.

    When we built Badger, we took out almost every screw and those that we didn't were glued in as per the Gougeon Bros instructions.  No leaks ever and I feel it was a well worth while strategy.  The other thinking was that repairs and modifications can be carried out without worrying about having to saw through metal.
  • 11 Nov 2011 11:39
    Reply # 747429 on 644008
    All bar a bit more shaping and fairing and I'm quite happy with the result...almost looks intentional.:)
    http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?88318-Redwing-update&p=3194601#post3194601
  • 10 Nov 2011 04:55
    Reply # 746431 on 644008
    With prop shaft aligned I started rebuilding the skeg around the stern tube today. A slow steady job of laminating in strips of Oregon that has taken me most of the day.
  • 09 Nov 2011 04:52
    Reply # 745622 on 644008
    Deleted user
    Its a tiny leak, capillary action I suppose and is coming through at a screw which goes upward holding one of those long fore/aft timbers you can see on the deck in my avatar. But the timber is thoroughly filleted with thickened epoxy all sides. 
    But typing my little whinge last night, has led to clearer thought. The limber holes I have along the length of the timbers probably aren't filleted so well - the edges within the little tunnel from which the water is making a 2 or 3 inch journey to the screw. Its the only place water would be getting through. So I plan to fix that when the deck dries out, some tiny surgical epoxy filleting is in order. And take that screw out.
    I'd hate to have that leak when the boat is launched.
  • 08 Nov 2011 22:25
    Reply # 745414 on 644008
    Deleted user
    Joking aside, the leak is running from somewhere to somewhere. Unless it's straight down, and that doesn't appear to be the case, it's migrating along a hidden route. Noticing the leak during a rainfall obscures all possibilities of finding the flawed and leaky joint on deck. My suggestion would be to pour a stained or dyed liquid* on various parts of the deck to narrow down the source. Something water soluble as a dye would probably be best as any staining below could be removed with household bleach, (I think.)

    How long after it started raining did you notice the leak?

    * Or just plain water on small sections, letting each section either leak or not and dry before testing another section of the deck.

    How fast was it leaking? A fast drip suggests a large "hole" above. A slow drip suggests a tiny flaw. That could be harder still to track down.
  • 08 Nov 2011 20:51
    Reply # 745356 on 644008
    It's not running down a beam from somewhere else is it? I won't know how well sealed Redwing is till she comes out of the shed next year.
  • 08 Nov 2011 20:48
    Reply # 745354 on 745221
    Deleted user
    Gary King wrote:I noticed a leak on the deck yesterday. It was raining while I was inside working on settees. The water drips through at one point, up on deck it is glassed, epoxied and painted, completely sealed, flawless, no sign of where the water would get in.
    So I'm thinking to myself "now what?"


    Don't you just hate that?:)
  • 08 Nov 2011 17:26
    Reply # 745221 on 644008
    Deleted user
    I noticed a leak on the deck yesterday. It was raining while I was inside working on settees. The water drips through at one point, up on deck it is glassed, epoxied and painted, completely sealed, flawless, no sign of where the water would get in.
    So I'm thinking to myself "now what?"
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