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Re: Skin-on-Frame: And the moral of the story is .
By:george jung
Date: 9/9/2011, 10:23 pm

: never assume that your seams are completely filled. I found my
: major leak right away. It was where the rolled stitch went under
: the cockpit coaming. First clue should've been the amount of
: paint that dripped through.

: Patched this one with Marine Goop. Laid the boat in direct sunlight
: and looked inside to see some pinholes of light. Whacked some
: paint to the seams and will check on the ocean tomorrow.

: Fingers crossed.

: Sean

Had to laugh..... you're talking several orders of 'leak proof' over what I'm accustomed to.

If my boat had as much 'submerged' time as yours, it'd be on the bottom of the river!

In fact, just reading your OP, my boat took on over 2".... and it's hanging from the rafters in the garage!

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Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boat? *PIC*
Sean D -- 9/9/2011, 8:13 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa *PIC*
Sean D -- 9/9/2011, 8:15 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2011, 8:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Sean D -- 9/9/2011, 8:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2011, 8:40 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Sean D -- 9/9/2011, 8:55 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Doug S -- 9/9/2011, 9:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Sean D -- 9/9/2011, 9:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
frankp -- 9/15/2011, 8:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa *PIC*
Sean D -- 9/15/2011, 9:13 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2011, 6:56 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Jeff Horton -- 9/9/2011, 9:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Sean D -- 9/9/2011, 9:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 9/9/2011, 1:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Dave Gentry -- 9/9/2011, 10:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
Glenn -- 9/9/2011, 3:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
StephenHJ -- 9/9/2011, 11:54 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: How much water gets in your boa
peterchech -- 9/9/2011, 3:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: And the moral of the story is .
Sean Dawe -- 9/9/2011, 7:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: And the moral of the story is .
george jung -- 9/9/2011, 10:23 pm