F***ing Boats

We're coming out of the water again.

Kamalii is close-seam construction, where there is no caulking between the seams, though the two layers of planking are bedded in rubber, so in a way she is a glued-and-screwed boat. There is a small length of seam on the starboard side mid-ships, original planking, that is a bit open, and coming down from the USA leaked off and on - mostly on. When we hauled last time I caulked it using traditional cotton caulking etc and that fixed it.

Fast forward to last week and when we went back in the water she started streaming again, and unfortunately has not taken up properly. I suspect that the high-pressure water blast may have damaged the caulking and we just didn't notice. Buggeration.

We are going to lift out last thing on Tuesday afternoon. It will only take me 30-40 minutes to re-caulk the seam, but then I'll need to pay the seam with rubber and anti-foul, so we are sitting in the slings overnight and go back in first thing in the morning.

F***ing boats.