Die! Die! Die!

[Angela]

Gotta wonder if we got struck by lightening at some point. I removed the large dynaplate today and found delamination under the footprint of the dynaplate. The other two dynaplates are fine. The biggie is a mess. Ed has been grinding out to find solid glass for a while and we're "almost inside". Ugh.... Right under the plate, it looks like the hull just blew out. After I removed the plate, I was sitting there and started hearing this popping and cracking, then it all just started to fall out. Right there before my very eyes. Ed's on it!

 

[rsmith]

I've hear of seacocks blowing out but never thought of the dyna plates. Apparently any moisture in the glass becomes superheated steam and blows the glass apart trying to escape

 

[oscarvan]

Kittie looks like my "doggy dog" (all 19 pounds of him) Also a rescue.

Out of curiosity, did you ever try to "bomb" the place yourself with the canisters available? All interior doors and cabinets open, all exterior doors an windows closed? I'd say four or five of them?

 

[jim rosenthal]

I'd like to see photos of that, if you have any. I've heard of this, but never actually seen it.

 

[Angela]

Kittie looks like my "doggy dog" (all 19 pounds of him) Also a rescue.

Out of curiosity, did you ever try to "bomb" the place yourself with the canisters available? All interior doors and cabinets open, all exterior doors an windows closed? I'd say four or five of them?

Yes, I've bombed before using 7 bombs. That works well for ordinary pests (except sugar ants), but you cannot get termites with house bug bombs. They used Vikane. Tenting is the only way to go for termites. The bonus is that you kill everything else too.

Jim, I'll post some photos of the Dynaplate stuff as soon as I can. I'm working on an IPad at the moment and the photos are on Ed's phone.

"While we are stuck I the yard", we took the plunge and tapped the keel and drained our keel water. YUK! The first stuff to come out was black, stinky sludge that the guy doing the drilling (Ed) cannot escape. I can't believe how much water came out. So, Sanctuary lost some weight on this trip to the yard.

 

[egaito]

I hope you don't think I was asking because I was questioning if he has a good home aboard. I may someday be boating full time and I surely won't be leaving my kitties behind. I want to have an idea of what to expect.

PS. I would love to see a pic of Squirt.

The king:

 

[egaito]

Kittie looks like my "doggy dog" (all 19 pounds of him) Also a rescue.

Out of curiosity, did you ever try to "bomb" the place yourself with the canisters available? All interior doors and cabinets open, all exterior doors an windows closed? I'd say four or five of them?

We tried that once...came back to find the Florida Palmetto bugs, laid back on the couch huffing on the canisters.

Actually, that experiment, 7 rather than 5, did kill a lot of bugs, but not the one's that really needed killing...the ants and the termites.

 

[tom5518]

The king:

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Thanks Ed, and thank you Angela for giving "The King" a wonderful Hatteras home.

He looks right at home and quite the yachtsman.

 

[Summerfun]

I would be interested to see where and how you drilled the keel for the drain if you have any pictures.

 

[johnjen50]

And also if you are putting in a drain plug to be able todo it again. I'm considering the same thing.

 

[SeaEric]

And also if you are putting in a drain plug to be able todo it again. I'm considering the same thing.

Me too. Do fill us all in on what you did to install a drain plug.

 

[egaito]

I would be interested to see where and how you drilled the keel for the drain if you have any pictures.

On the back side of the keel, about 3" above the bottom. I was beginning to think I chose a bad spot as I drilled nearly 3" before I hit the jackpot.

 

[egaito]

And also if you are putting in a drain plug to be able todo it again. I'm considering the same thing.

I don't plan to install a drain plug....just another piece of underwater metal to worry about. The next time we're out, I'll hit the area with a grinder, find the plug and drill it out again. It's easy enough to butter up a plug with epoxy and put a layer of glass over it.

 

[SeaEric]

Did you drill through 3" of solid fiberglass before you hit the foam filled with water? So you're thinking a wooden plug with glass over the opening?

 

[Boatsb]

Letting the water out is good but how did it get there and did you fix that?

 

[TROUBLE]

Did you drill through 3" of solid fiberglass before you hit the foam filled with water? So you're thinking a wooden plug with glass over the opening?

Curiosity made me look it up and you can buy all different size fiberglass dowels


Art

 

[egaito]

Did you drill through 3" of solid fiberglass before you hit the foam filled with water? So you're thinking a wooden plug with glass over the opening?

Nothing but glass came out with the shavings...and nothing wet until the water flowed. A wooden plug is exactly what I have in mind....buttered up with thickened epoxy, and then a layer or two of mat over the top, topped with Interprotect.

A drain plug might be more convenient, but I don't want something else to worry about below the waterline and heck, we've got the fiberglass supplies out at every haul out anyway.

 

[Walter P]

Hi Ed & Ang,

How much water would you guestimate came out, quarts, gallons? My fuel and holding tank are all in the keel
and I think I would be well advised to check with Hatteras before attempting what you did. The keel
is also very wide, probably close to a foot wide at the bottom, probably designed to hold fuel and sewage
and to serve as a giant water ski to give the boat lift. Just a guess but in any event I like what you did
and if Hatteras says go for it, I will.

Walt

 

[Angela]

Hi Ed & Ang,

How much water would you guestimate came out, quarts, gallons? My fuel and holding tank are all in the keel
and I think I would be well advised to check with Hatteras before attempting what you did. The keel
is also very wide, probably close to a foot wide at the bottom, probably designed to hold fuel and sewage
and to serve as a giant water ski to give the boat lift. Just a guess but in any event I like what you did
and if Hatteras says go for it, I will.

Walt

Gallons and gallons - lots of gallons. I have keel fuel tanks, too, but they don't go that far back. The aft one ends back by the master head/master closet. Where we drilled would have been under the master bed.

Do you have an idea by looking in the bilges and under the floors, etc. where your tank may end?

 

[egaito]

Hi Ed & Ang,

How much water would you guestimate came out, quarts, gallons? My fuel and holding tank are all in the keel
and I think I would be well advised to check with Hatteras before attempting what you did. The keel
is also very wide, probably close to a foot wide at the bottom, probably designed to hold fuel and sewage
and to serve as a giant water ski to give the boat lift. Just a guess but in any event I like what you did
and if Hatteras says go for it, I will.

Walt

It was at least tens of gallons...it ran for a good while. On our boat, and from what I've read, 53's are similar, it is under the shower sump
just ahead of the master berth. I read some other threads here, where folks had opened up holes in the sump (as large as 6x6) to access this area
from the top rather than drill the keel itself. I wish I had time to dry it out better, but I'm anxious to get back in the water, so I plugged it today by buttering
up a dowel with epoxy and and adhesive filler, tapped in about 4", until it hit something firm, foam perhaps. It will be interesting to see if it's full again the next time we haul.