Hey everyone, when we bought our boat last fall the wing keel tops had some bad blistering/bubbling which I figured was fiberglass fairing and no big deal. Just today, I decided to stick a screwdriver in on of the cracks and pry some material to see what I was dealing with before spring launch. It turns out that I pried a big piece of oxididized metal, the whole "blister" looking area which is about a square foot of area and is occuring on both sides of the wing keel tops. The oxidized metal is peeling off in a layer about 3/8 of an inch thick and appears like orange rust. I had the yard glass repair man look and he thought my keel was iron because of the rusty appearance of the material. He said I would have pry it all loose and fill with epoxy. Does this sound accurate? Anyone have any advise? I searched the site and found a couple of hits on peeling lead including Steves 1 year web log where he mentioed a similar problem but may not be my exact problem http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,663.0.html Also, it is intersting that there is another similar post about a similar problem from a hull 14 hull#s before my boat, http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,4150.0.html
Any advise would be appreciated and I will try to post a pic tommorrow. I will also go to west marine and see what may be available as far as epoxy.
Thanks, Bill
Your keel is definitely lead. Might be some fairing compound that's peeling off? :think :donno: