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Join Date: 01 March 2007
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Nrown gooey substance My boat is a '69 - 43. The other day I noticed a trail of some brown goopy substance had dripped down the interior slats lining the hull. The drip had followed a line of screws attaching the slats to the hull's vertical stringers. The substance seemed dry to the touch. Is this a break down of some material in the stringer? Since it only happened in one area I am more curious than anything. Is it a mastic that has travelled along the hull interior? thank you john - E Elusive Swan 43 |
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Join Date: 06 January 2011
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Hi John, I'm just working with the interior slats of my 43. In midship cabin area I noticed that some of the stringers were wet inside and when slats were removed brown/black liquid oozed through the screw holes. I opened couple of the stringers and found foam inside ok but bit moist. I believe that water has come via toerail fixings and/or through hull and deck joint under toerail and entered inside stringers from the upper end of them. I renewed toerails just year ago and there was considerable void inside them just where the hull/deck joint was. Could similar water intrusion explain your findings as well? Teemu (s/y Eleanor 43/014) |
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Join Date: 02 January 2008
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Teemu & John I think you are right, and the reason is that the stringers are open at the top. A small hole drilled at their bottom end would eliminate this.
Kind regards
Lars
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