Posted by loren beach (sailaway10@…>)
You are quite right about epoxy-ing the area where you remove the
core… but due to the high labor cost for a production boat (even a
high end one like a Freedom) it is rare. OTOH, if you do re-bed
fittings on a preventative maint. basis you would not have water
getting into the core, anyway. Further, even if the core was sealed and
no water could get into it, you would still have a leak through to the
interior at some point in time as the original sealant reached the end
of its useful life. Or so it seems to me.
Loren
On Feb 12, 2006, at 6:00 AM, freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com wrote:
I’m not sure lack of rebedding is really the major
culpret. If your bedding fails you just have a leak -
so long as the core is isolated from the hole the
hardware is mounted into. In my mind the trick is to
ensure that, over time, all your hardware is mounted
through an epoxy “pad” that isolates the mounting hole
from the core. Then, when the bedding fails, you get a
leak but it can’t reach the core.Having said that you are certainly right that owners
have to take action. Freedom sure did not install
these pads when the boats were built.