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Day 27-28, 5/21 Deck water drains part 3, Deck to hull nightmare, 12hours

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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...

Day 26, 5/21 Deck water drains part 2, Companionway door LOCKED! 4 hours

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  Companion way New companion way inserts made and installed. Deck drains  Find the deck drains I epoxied last time still leaking water, sanding them shown I have made some voids in the "caulking".  So I have sanded epoxy to take out any extended goo and worked as dentist to open all voids,and add flex epoxy "fills" to voids to make connection one piece solid. External view  Top view

Day 25, 5/14, Deck cleaning :), ~2 hours

 Just subj, nothing more, long time pressure washer usage resulted in elbow problem for 2 weeks.  Correction, problem is on going 7 month and counting.... Correction, 10 months