I am planning to replace all of the ballast unless some one talks me out of it. I don't want to ever do it again. Thanks for your ideas and pics Captain Jim On 4/30/07, Nebwest2@aol.com <Nebwest2@aol.com> wrote:

Captain Jim,

Oh boy! You're causing me to have flashbacks!

I encountered something similar to the "vein" of resin and glass when I replaced Dauntless' ballast. It was an area of solid resin and mat that was in the lower portion of the rear windows I cut. I assumed that it was just some matting and resin that was stuffed in there to help fill the cavity up. I also noticed that the process of inserting all the ballast and then pouring resin in and letting it seek its own way down through the material actually led to a very random dispersal pattern for the resin. Some areas of the original ballast were a solid resin/punchings mixture, while other areas had no resin whatsoever. In those areas with no resin the puchings just flowed out of the cavity like a slot machine paying out. Here is a link to a pic our website that shows the "vein" of solid fiberglass and resin I encountered. Since it was in the bottom of the cavity, at the extreme rear, and there was no ballast embedded in it, I just left it. You are looking at all the new lead ballast installed and waiting to be sealed up.over the top of the diagonal vein in the bottom of the window.

_http://pic1.funtigo.com/go/hires?sitename=havasumontgomerys&img=184726453&k=... 5584&sw=1024&sh=768_ ( http://pic1.funtigo.com/go/hires?sitename=havasumontgomerys&img=184726453&k=... )

Hope the repair goes smooth for you. What are your plans? Are you just drying it out or replacing the ballast?

Sean M23 Dauntless

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