We’ve holed up on Banana River to take care of a knee problem. The bottom half of our starboard forward knee was pulling away from the hull!
I noticed it when I was pulling on the shrouds and found that the chainplate would move about a quarter inch out of the deck. This is no good so we immediately started planning how we would fix it.
After I cleaned it out I filled the crack with thickened epoxy and then fiberglassed the knee back to the hull.
Today I sanded it down and put a layer of paint primer down. Next I’ll finish the paint job and put the chainplate back in. Looking forward to solid knees again!
