Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: re caulking of stanchion base
James Alton
Bill,
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Thanks so much for sharing your project of removing and resealing the stanchion bases and fastenings. Your reasons for doing this project echo my own and despite limited sailing time due to the Schengen visa limitations, I will be soon removing as many of the stanchion bolts as I can on my own boat and resealing them since I consider this project to be very high on the list. It is very encouraging to me that you have been able to remove all but one bolt so far, I suspect you are using a good technique. Do you know if the bolts on Haramonie might have been removed and resealed before or do you think that they are original? I am glad to hear that you are replacing all of the bolts with the most corrosion resistant ones that you can find, money well spent! May I ask what size bolt and thread count were used on your boat? I do have one question that has been troubling me regarding this project. Without a doubt, using a product like Tef-gel will make future removal of the bolts much easier and I want to do the same. I am however wondering if the Tef-gel will be enough to keep water from working it’s way down the threads, into the holes and eventually corroding the embedded steel? In an ideal world, perhaps we could have the Tef-Gel only on the area of the bolt that rides on the threads of the embedded steel and a really good sealant to exclude the water on the part of the bolt that passes through the fibreglass. Carefully applying the Tef-Gel to only the embedded threaded portion and using sealant on the bolt itself is something that I was wondering about. I am not sure that it would work well since any Tef-gel contamination of the fibreglass surface would probably ruin the sealant bond/seal. Do you feel that the Tef-Gel will provide an adequate seal on it’s own to keep water from reaching the embedded steel and is this something that you have also pondered? Best, James Alton SV Sueño Maramu #220
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