Deck drains Rechecked drains. Put masking tape on the hull outside and flooded deck with water. 2 drains good, 2 still leaking in one spot each .re-sanded them and glassed with 2 layers of 6oz fiberglass overlay problematic places. Fuel port Fuel port to deck sealing is not exist, water just running over. Port has to be resealed. Hull to deck joint Found out hull to deck joint in the starboard have no sealing at all. leaks in several places. Sealer/adhesive dried out and can be removed as pieces. I made decision to tale out aluminum toe rail to inspect joint ind then see what can be done. Ufff... it was pretty hard work to take it off. used rubber hummer and oscillating tool to break 3M5200 between deck and rail. But in close view it was not sealed as have to. mostly it did not have adhesion to aluminum rail. Sealant was filled on about 10% of surface it have to be. Process of rail removal. What under the rail? Hard to see on the picture, but it is appeared, pre...
Refitting and restoration 44 years old Irwin Citation 34 sailboat. Originally Blog is made to motivate myself to continue this hard work. DIY Step by step work. Working almost single-handed. Going to make the boat seaworthy and put it in salt water. Most records are just reminders what and when was done. If you are interesting in some details, please put request to comment. I will provide more information.