Yes, that’s a good idea to drill oversize Art. Thank you On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 5:09 PM Sailing Spark <arthaberland@gmail.com> wrote:
I always hated how the lower pivot is just below the waterline. It would not have been that hard to move it up a couple of inches. After you cut out the rot and put a new block in, Double the diameter of the holes needed to mount the pivot and fill them with epoxy. Then drill the epoxy to the proper size. This should keep any leaks past the sealant from touching the wood.
Art Haberland Atlantic City, NJ 1986 M17 #406 'tea'
On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 3:37 PM Jason Leckie <leckie.jas@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
Here’s a nice one.. was noticing some weeping of brown sludge at the transom of my M17.
I removed the bottom rudder pivot bracket to find that silicon was used to bed these bolts and water has likely been seeping in for a long time. The wood in there is now essentially earth.
My plan now is to drill out that block of wood/earth and replace with a new chunk of wood or just go with a pure fibreglass/epoxy or polyester resin mixture. It looks like there is a roughly 4”x 4” block embedded in the fibreglass there.
Can anyone chime in and give any details of the wood that is in that area and any other advice they might have for this repair?
Thank you,
Jason Leckie Point Roberts, WA / Vancouver, BC 1980 M17 ‘Kuma’