Yes short term you will have to do that until you can get to a place that makes sense to do the keel drop and rebed. There are videos on line of the how to do that . Maybe search “Drop and rebed keel on Nonsuch”
Bear in mind that this is not an urgent job timewise but should be done eventually. It will increase the boat’s value . The corrosion takes place on the bolts inside the keel stub due to being sealed off mostly I belive.
This thread took an interesting turn.
Don is wise to ask… Why are you accessing your keel nuts ?
I was thinking Richard was asking about preventative maintenance, turns out he was asking about curative maintenance. I agree, leaks after a grounding require investigation for potential structural damage. Removing the tank and floorboards will be necessary for internal inspection and hauling for external inspection. I hope my comments regarding the tank removal, materials, and tools required is helpful.
Also worth noting, Soave winters on the hard in CT, so the work I was describing was on on the hard with the weight of the keel supported by blocks.
Sorry if my earlier posts seemed misleading or overly simplistic given the situation.
Rob…
It was all helpful. The underwater inspection found no damage to the keel. I plan to dive it myself soon.
RW
RW
As an afterthought have you checked the shaft seal or stuffing box for adjustment. It might just be where the 2 quarts a day are coming from.
I hope I’m not stating the obvious but if this is the water ingress source then I hope I am. That’s the best case scenario and the easiest to remedy.
Brian
Thanks. I did but in a very cursory manner, like a glance.
Rob, can you share pix of your bilge after the holding tank had been removed?
Hi Ed,
( HERE ) is a link to the album I used to document the tank removal and keel nuts and washers replacement.
I’ll be at the boat tomorrow and can get some shots from different angles if you want.
Rob…
This is a continuation of the discussion of keel boats and more raised by a raipd but harsh grounding. The boat is now on land in Freeort, Bahamas at a good yard in a cradle with tiedowns. My intention is to have the yard remove the holding tank and address the keelbolts and do a general inspection. There is a thin crack running all around the boat somewat under the water line. I believe that would have been from the gounding, A diviider found it about very few weeks after the grounding, My intention is to grind out the crack perhaps half an inch and fill it with a specialized glue in a tube (I believe someone a this site recommended the product.) The tubes of the product iareonboard in The Bahamas and I do not remember the name of the stuff. While that adhesive setting my plan is to pull the boat upward with the keel bolts while also releasing a little weight of the boat downwards, to get firm pressure, while following the very good advice I got here about babying the nuts and bolts for longevity.
I used Sika Sikaflex-291 inside Soave’s keel joint and a combination of fiberglass/epoxy and Thixo to restore the 6" wide 1/8"deep ( 3" on either side of the keel joint ). Thixo is very expensive but a dream to work with for a novice like me.
The repair is successful one year in. No cracking at the keel joint… big job though.
Rob…
Thanks. I bought about 4 tubes of a n adhesive on the advice of someone here. It was expensive. When the work really begins I will get back to your for comments on what I bought. While I cogitate over this I asked the yard on a prop issue. One member had a long string of photos on this topic. I thought his last name was Cohen.