Recent content by Specktackler

Thanks Duro. Where are you in Ontario? When I lived in Pittsburgh and later south Jersey I did a lot of fishing in your province. East and north of Toronto as well as flying out of Cochrane.

I experienced floor rot in only one location, forward, several years ago. I removed and replaced it with plywood encapsulated in epoxy resin. I then caulked where the deck met the hull and painted it with Tuff coat. No problems since. I also through bolt-mounted pedestal seats, hence my...

Yes I've crawled around underneath, see no obvious damage, though the keel is not perfectly tight flat to the hull along it's length but more of a very slight wave, however appears tight at rivets, don't see any dents, etc. Transom which I can see both sides appears fine. Not a lot of water...

So possibly one or more of those keel rivets could be leaking down into the keel piece and not all the way through to the exterior where I'd see it. Gotcha

Thanks Duro. Based on your description of Duranautic construction (mine is a 2004 so around the same vintage as yours) would you agree that, if I put water in the boat and the only place I see it coming out of the hull is through the keel weep hole then apparently the leak is on the weld seam...

Thanks for the detailed reply. While I've been looking for a way to fix it without removing decks have to agree I have a chore in front of me. Thanks again, lot of good info!

Thanks! Problem is I have decks and cannot access hull interior. Is it a mistake to seal weep hole and edges of keel? I'm in Fl. so freezing is not an issue.

Question. I partially filled my 16' Duranautic with water and observed it coming out from the forward keel weep hole. Nothing from strake holes or elsewhere. Does this indicate a leak behind the keel or is there some way water normally flows from inside to the keel and out the weep hole? I...