Pam: Someone had tried to seal Audasea up from the inside and it didn't work. It simply wicked past the silicone or whatever sealant they had used. Best to nip it at the source, which is under that toe rail (assuming you have one of the older boats with metal toe rail). Sounds daunting, but really, is not that big of a deal. Nothing like lifting the deck off, which was what I was contemplating doing. I used a Dremel tool with a cutting wheel on it that was the perfect size to grind out the loose caulk. I used thickened epoxy to seal the crack, and doubled down with some 3M 4200 over that. No more leaks. Howard On Sep 28, 2012, at 1:18 PM, pam and dana wrote:
My fall project is to repair all the leaks along the hull-deck joint. In Howard Audsley's blog he described taking off the toe rail and drilling out the joint before replacing the caulk (can't remember what kind). Has anyone else done this project from inside the cabin so you didn't have the work of removing the toe rail? Did it work well? What kind of tool did you use?
Pam Port Townsend