Yet another keel cap thread
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:19 am
OK, I am finally set to reattach the keel cap to my now flipped over '53 Thomboy. I am armed with a supply of new brass screws and as many as three tubes of Boatlife caulk. I will caulk the subtle garboard seam and then, to use Andreas's term, "butter back" the keel cap itself.
What's the conventional practice here - epoxy fill and then re-drill the hull, using the existing holes in the keel cap, or fill all and re-drill new holes in keel cap as well?
In either case, I will comfortably countersink the screw holes in the cap, and then cover over with Total Boat epoxy.
Then rid myself of the unorthodox red hull, going to white, as per original.
Thanks for thoughts.
What's the conventional practice here - epoxy fill and then re-drill the hull, using the existing holes in the keel cap, or fill all and re-drill new holes in keel cap as well?
In either case, I will comfortably countersink the screw holes in the cap, and then cover over with Total Boat epoxy.
Then rid myself of the unorthodox red hull, going to white, as per original.
Thanks for thoughts.