Another night out on the river and another list of jobs to do that was until i noticed how wet part of our saloon lining was getting . We knew there was a minor leak or damp build up in this area but it had never been this bad , although with the sheer volume of rain and the boat having a list probably made it worse. So on finding the lining was sopping wet the first thing to do was rip this off and start to remove the timber trims and window trims although there was no major evidence of water ingress from many of these areas there was some from the aft window surround but that turned out to be minimal. After removing the foam backing of the lining i found that there were bolts from cleats and the inner stay of the mast almost all of these were leaking . On finding the leaky spots it was decided to get these removed and resealed although the nuts were 20mm and i only had up to 19mm grrrr - so an hour trip home was called for until i returned to find that the threads were too long to remove the nuts on all but 1 this was abandoned until i can make up a longer socket . I did however manage to remove the leaky eyebolt and and get on with removing the start of mould growth in some of the lockers . Part 2After making up the longer socket it was easy to now remove the 2 fittings for resealing . Both were found to have aged now brittle sealant in minimal quantities under them and clearly why there was water ingress . After removal came the cleanup and drying out of the surface underneath and inspection of the metalwork ready for installing and resealing . I also cut down the longer thread to ease future maintenance which also removed a small section of damaged thread where it had been crossed threaded in the past . Resealing i used Sikaflex 221 in brown which should last much longer than many other sealants out there and is much less noticeable against the timber toe rail . The second fitting was much easier having only one through bolt and 4 surface screws , the exact same process was used but 1/2 the time of the first This has been a simple little job so far to seal up and cost nothing to do but the job overall is a much bigger task. Now that the leak has been resolved i now have the cleanup of the entire port side saloon area drying out the lockers directly below this area re- attaching the head lining and refitting all the trims and panels something that is going to take a good few evenings to complete all down to 2 simple fittings and 3 little bolt holes - Nothing is never straight forward of a boat but that's why we love it .
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