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Tempering Expectations - How much water is too much?
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<blockquote data-quote="gogittum" data-source="post: 479946" data-attributes="member: 27114"><p>Many years ago I had a 14 ft Valco riveted boat and it drove me nuts. I get picky at times and that thing had a single leaky rivet in the bottom, where a longitudinal exterior stringer went down the hull, like a rub strip parallel to the keel.</p><p></p><p>I got a friend to hold a bucking block against the outside while I went inside with a drift and hammer. I will promise you that rivet was tight when I was done - and it still leaked. Trying to seal something on the inside is a waste of time that I'm well aware of, so drilled some holes in the stringer and pumped it full of silicone. It STILL leaked. I dunno. I cussed that thing every time I took it out.....why, I'll bet it leaked a cup of water all day. :shock: Bugged me, but I did give up on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gogittum, post: 479946, member: 27114"] Many years ago I had a 14 ft Valco riveted boat and it drove me nuts. I get picky at times and that thing had a single leaky rivet in the bottom, where a longitudinal exterior stringer went down the hull, like a rub strip parallel to the keel. I got a friend to hold a bucking block against the outside while I went inside with a drift and hammer. I will promise you that rivet was tight when I was done - and it still leaked. Trying to seal something on the inside is a waste of time that I'm well aware of, so drilled some holes in the stringer and pumped it full of silicone. It STILL leaked. I dunno. I cussed that thing every time I took it out.....why, I'll bet it leaked a cup of water all day. :shock: Bugged me, but I did give up on it. [/QUOTE]
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