Post by Ron Lilburne on the Official Seawind Owners Club, Facebook group March 21, 2023
Original weep we repaired then was still present when we lifted boat to return to water
Shows holes we drilled, figuring how deep water was. Turns out keels are hollow, no real issue having water in them except it shouldn't be there. We should have started drilling lower.
Prepping Swiss cheese effect for filling with epoxy. Notice grey area where keel joins hull, quite pronounced on stern end. Effectively the glass lacks resin in original lay up, annoying but no buggy for a boat this old. Water seeped into keel here.
Note : large hole near bottom not shown, this is where the water was drained
Grinding out area to be reglassed. Had we not drilled so many holes we could have minimized this area.
Glass over epoxied holes, etc
Sanded down ready for finishing
Finishing coat to smooth out surface for painting antifoul
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