New Dawn: Sailing Hiraeth and the journey therein

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Knee Surgery!

· Justin · Repairs

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!

Knee Before

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.

Crack between the knee and hull

Crack between the knee and hull

After I cleaned it out I filled the crack with thickened epoxy and then fiberglassed the knee back to the hull.

First Layers of Fiberglass

First layers of fiberglass

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!

Five layers of fiberglass and one coat of primer

Five layers of fiberglass and one coat of primer