[C38] Leak at the toe rail?

[Steven Ribble]

Hi Peggy, and Rory,

I have the same problem on port, maybe we could cut the boats in half, glue
them together and get a good one?!? ;)

My solution is to remove and rebed each of the toe rails. My reality is not
to heal that much...which has worked.

You can try pushing (squeezing) caulk under the rail and between the hull,
but it's only a temporary fix, at best.

Sorry for that encouraging bit of news. Until you figure out what will work
for you, remind Rory that the boat is fastest around 10° of heel...rail in
the water is NOT fast. Maybe that will be some motivation. :)

Steve

Steven Ribble
Tittravate #64
Boothbay Harbor, ME
207 852-0971
On Aug 30, 2015 9:20 PM, "EarthLink" <saintpeg at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> We have an onboard issue that has just come to our attention - looking for
> some input.
>
> Rory likes to take IRIE out for the Wednesday night beer cans, which is
> all well & good except that during these friendly but competitive races,
> she often gets heeled over far enough to put her toe rail in the water.
> There must be a leak somewhere between the hull & deck b/c we are getting
> water under the stbd settee. We only noticed because a couple of blocked
> weep holes in that locker kept the water from draining to the bilges, & the
> stuff stowed inside sat in it long enough to start rusting. We haven't
> established if the same thing happens when she is heeled to port.
>
> So, we seem to have a leak at least on the starboard side. My guess is
> it's at the join of deck, toe rail & hull, though at this point we don't
> know for certain.
>
> What do we do now? My thought is, first of all, shoot some water at the
> area in question to see if we can pinpoint exactly what is going on &
> where; but after that, we are at a loss. My suggestion of never heeling her
> over that far might work when I am on board, but likely won't in the heat
> of battle. It certainly doesn't do anything to fix the problem.
>
>  Any & all thoughts on this are most welcome...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peggy & Rory
> #231 IRIE
> San Francisco
>
> Cryptic autocorrects courtesy of my iPad
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