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ed_spengeman
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Initially Posted - 03/09/2006 :  18:09:07  Show Profile
I have an 83 swing keel. Getting ready to re-bed deck fixtures. Found a small leak between two bolts on the jib track, on the inside. It looks like the bolts run the whole lengthe of the track-about 2" apart- and appear very hard to get to. My thought is to go after the two I can see leaking. I was going to put tape under hole on inside, fill with epoxy-from the outside- and re-drill. You guys talk about re-bedding the track like it was a walk in the park. How do you get access?
ed spengeman
Indianapolis (geist)
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Palakida
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/10/2006 :  12:56:23  Show Profile
Although I've yet to touch my genoa track, someone on the forum once posted that they simply pulled out a few screws in a suspected leaking area of the genoa track, shot some caulk down the hole, then replaced the screw.

Don't know if that would work, but its a whole lot easier than pulling the entire track.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/10/2006 :  17:21:37  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dlucier</i>
<br />...someone on the forum once posted that they simply pulled out a few screws in a suspected leaking area of the genoa track, shot some caulk down the hole, then replaced the screw...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Don't know if I was the one who said it, but I did it a few years ago with (gasp) silicone--figuring that would flow better than caulk to seal around the screws. It seems to have worked, but was a messy process. To get to the nuts, I removed a teak trim strip at the top of the inner hull liner. It was definitely a two-man job--hard to be in both places at once.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 03/10/2006 :  17:56:55  Show Profile
On the port side on my '81, there are 3 or 4 nuts that are impossible to reach. Between the bulkhead in the port "warehouse" and the cabin there seems to be a metal frame with only a 1" gap.
Derek
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