Archives for October 2009
Tabbing pulled in the bilge
24 October 2009 | Pearson 28-1 Restoration, Sailing | 1 Response
Most of the tabbing on the floors in the bilge of my P28-1 has pulled up from the hull. Some stress cracking and distortion of the keel stub on the bottom of the hull has also occured. It appears that all of the keel bolts are tight and that they haven’t stretched but that the gap at the front of the keel hull joint is the result of the hull’s keel stub sagging/distorting.
I wasn’t able to show the fact that the keel/hull are still held together tightly by the forward most keel bolt but the movement that caused the enlarged gap between keel and hull were allowed by distortion of the keel stub around the front keel bolt.
Any observations or suggestions that may help me understand or create a repair plan for these problems are appreciated.
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Bock Marine
24 October 2009 | Coastal Living, Sailing | No Responses
Just North of Beaufort North Carolina at the intersection of Highway 101 and the ICW is a boatyard called Bock Marine. This is where I’ve been working on my Pearson 28-1. This yard is ideal for the do it yourselfer and offers expert service as well. A lot of folks are here doing maintenance work on their boats before sailing south for the winter. Others, like me, are going to be here a little longer as they work through larger projects.
With power and water and wifi at the boat and showers and laundry nearby I’ve got all that I need and am enjoying taking my time assessing and planning what to do with this boat and the work that it needs. It’s also nice to be surrounded by folks with similar projects going on. One of my favorite things about working here is that I can look at so many different types of sailing boats whenever I feel like getting away from the Pearson for a bit. There are beautiful wooden boats, serious looking steel hulls and every flavor of fiberglass boats from full keeled cruisers to fin keeled racers. Maybe I’ll put up a gallery of some of my favorites soon.
Sailboat with a crack in the hull
19 October 2009 | Pearson 28-1 Restoration, Sailing | 3 Responses
I have returned to Beaufort and started work on the P28-1. The initial tasks that I am tackling are to clean the hull and bilge. Scraping is the next step in cleaning the hull and degreaser and scrubbing are going to be needed as I try to remove the oily film from the bilge area. In doing this work I discovered a crack in the hull. This crack was caused by forces that were exerted on the keel and I assume a grounding was involved. Now I’ll be trying to learn about what it will take to fix this crack and hopefully won’t learn that the boat is no longer worth fixing..
