Topic: Hull-Deck joint
I've chamfered all the screw holes for the toerail cap, grinding out the crazing caused by the holes not being chamfered in the first place, and filled with a mixture of West and Colloidal Silica filler (to get the putty consistency that I want). After looking close at the joint, and digging all of the old dried up putty out, my plan as of today is to rough up the space between the joint, dig any delaminated glass and gelcoat off (or out of) the downturned edge of the deck, and squeez some more of my goop. If any big chunks of the deck edge come off, I'll re-glass in some new peices of cloth but it doesn't look as though that will be necessary. After filling the 'gap' with my mix then I'll never have to worry about the hull deck joint leaking as long as I own the boat. (I dont think it leaked in the first place). Maybe run a bead of Sikaflex just for overkill, and then I'm done. Now all I need are smaller hands to get ebtween the hull and liner to pull the genny car track off.........