A repair and a reward sail

The Repair
During all this rain we're having, we noticed some of the stuff in the aft cabin getting wet. Then the other day I spotted the leak - it was a stanchion on the port side near the cockpit. So after work, it was not raining (much) so I thought I'd try to do the re-bedding job. This is probably one of the easiest stanchions to reach the mounting hardware for on the boat. It only required removing one piece of wood trim.

Stanchion removed.  Ready to prepare the surface and the holes

With the vice-grips holding the nuts inside, I removed the screws and lifted the hardware off.   Then I cleaned up the surface with acetone and did the counter-sink trick to the mounting holes (this allows the bedding compound to form an o-ring at the top of the hole).

After preparing everything and applying lots of Life-Caulk,  I re-mounted the hardware  with some nice new fender washers, lock washers and nuts on the inside.   I dried up all the water I could find that leaked in and I'll keep an eye on it.


The Reward
After all that (about 9pm), I decided I needed a sail.  I started thinking of all the reasons I shouldn't go but none of them were very convincing.   It's cold... na.   The wind is pushing me on the dock. nope.   It's raining.  uh huh.  I have work in the morning.  so what?

Boston from the Logan side of the harbor

I was so glad I did it.    It was quite chilly, rainy and very dark out but aside from a couple party boats and ferries, there was no other traffic out there.