crack

I need to repair a crack at the front of my keel. It appears that it has been repaired in the past. I dug out the old repair and now have a crack that is about 3 to 4 inches long 1/8 of an inch thick and about an inch deep. When I opened it up it was wet and I got a couple ounces of water to...

Hauled out last week to have folding prop installed. I noticed a crack that ran horizontally along the leading edge of the keel 6 inches on both sides around the front. My yard guy said its no big deal and didn't seem concerned. He said it was the hull to keel joint. Water didn't come out of...

A friend just bought a E29. A surveyor (post purchase!) noticed a crack in the glass on top of the keel, in the second (forward) access hatch. He had a theory that maybe some water got in and froze making the crack, but admitted he didn't have a clue. At his suggestion my friend filled it with...

Hi, Today I noticed a crack about 2" in our Yacht Specialties pedestal, and am looking for advice on how I can fix it properly. I can't post a picture, but will try to describe it. It looks like the top piece that holds the instruments is made of fibreglass, and it sits on two stainless...

It is probably just a natural flex point ? When we hauled for the MaxProp I noticed a hairline crack in the rudder at the lower end of the rudder post. The same hairline shows up on both sides of the rudder. I was too busy with the prop to do any further investigation but wonder if we...

My 1984 E-28+ has developed cracks in the bow for the third time. They run about 18" on both the port and starboard side on the outside of the toe rail, not the hull itself. They've been there for a couple years now but I think they have dramatically widened. I should have taken a picture when I...

I have a 1987 35III which has a hairline crack running around the bow just where the hull to deck joint should be. It's not a big crack; about four inches on each side of the bow (horizontally). The forestay attachment runs right over it. Is this common? It was pointed out to me today by...

I removed my holding tank a few weeks ago in order to replace all the hoses, clean the tank and rebuild the potty. I was working on the tank today when I found a crack on edge of the wing that extends aft. There is a dark line across the corner(see photos). You can see it ooze liquid when flexed.

Looking at a “project” ’72 E35. It has some obvious problems—like the cabin fire :egrin:—but I digress. Take a look at the photo of the mast step area, note the crack. It looked a bit largish to be a garden variety cosmetic gelcoat crack. There wasn’t any noticeable sponginess or sag in the...

I thought our "wind event" over thankgiving and the subsequent return home had only resulted in some lost sleep and one lost handrail cover. Today I found out that it had also resulted in a cracked porthole pane :-( It is the porthole right next to the chainplate and in retrospect I'm not...

Hi guys - I need some advice. I recently bought a 1981 E38, and just found it has a 9 inch crack in the keel (at the stern). It's not a wide crack - just a small crack. For about half an inch, you can barely see light thru it. My question is twofold: a) do I dare use the boat in the 3...

I recently bought a 1981 Ericson 38'- just found out there is 9" CRACK IN THE KEEL. No appreciable gap there.. My question is - can I dare to use the boat until I can get it repaired in 3 weeks??? Please help - we had some fairly major plans this weekend, but I certainly don't want to...

I've got a crack about 1.2" centered on the aft end of the speader bracket running vertical. Has anyone had this problem? Do I just need to build an alum patch. Drill a small hole on each end of the crack to stop it? Should I use some kind of glue to attach the patch and rivet it to the mast?:esad:

I've just acquired a 1973 E27. There is a crack in the ceiling on the starboard side in two places. On the outside of the head and on the inside of the head - two separate supports for the deck. Attached are photos showing the water stains dripping on either side of the wall between the...

The gelcoat on the upper radius of the transom of my '72 E27 is cracked, more or less along that radius, and for much of it's width port to starboard. The crack was evident at the time of purchase in 1999. The surveyor judged it to be adequately repaired, but subject to worsening, and...