1990 Canadian Sailcraft CS34 Shoal Draft
Sail #8268

1982 Catalina 22 Fin Keel
Sail #10506

1994 MUMM 36 ACE
Sail # 29206

Monday, May 9, 2011

Winter 2011

The winter of 2011 was hard on me and my boat.

In January, I broke my leg playing hockey, so I was not able to get down to the boat the check it regularly like I normally would.  It was impossible to get up on a ladder in the ice and snow with a cast and crutches.

When the weather had cleared and my leg was somewhat healed, I opened the boat to notice that the bilge had approximately 3" of water in it, and water was leaking past the keel joint on one side.

Water had obviously leaked into the core of the keel sump and froze, cracking the fibreglass.

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