tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809937093373458752.post1351319011863174880..comments2023-06-17T07:05:01.260-07:00Comments on Aboard Madrigal: Lead Containment Bulkheads [Determination]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163881120683653083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809937093373458752.post-65827323458109522982012-06-03T18:07:13.524-07:002012-06-03T18:07:13.524-07:00Looking to liveaboard with newborns in the Boston ...Looking to liveaboard with newborns in the Boston area, how do you get the baby and off the boat safely? do you keep certain items in the car to eliminate luggage? Any special tips for bad weather? Please feel free to send an email to katmegcantwell@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809937093373458752.post-84388983744906467252012-06-03T12:47:21.071-07:002012-06-03T12:47:21.071-07:00AWESOME! Great progress and yes Determination! Whe...AWESOME! Great progress and yes Determination! When u see this thru it will have all been worth it. We spent five years restoring our boat and just moved into her. Its a dream come true for us and it looks like you're on your way too. Many begin but few finish... somehow I think you'll be part of the few :)Travis and Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895001344144858314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809937093373458752.post-69245181416009259842012-06-03T09:44:57.508-07:002012-06-03T09:44:57.508-07:00I think you are very right about the epoxy, and yo...I think you are very right about the epoxy, and you hit on part of the plan which I didn't go into detail about. The epoxy I have is from www.raka.com (they get very good reviews and so far it is proving to be good, stable, workable material... at a fraction the cost of West System) and I do indeed have slow cure, thin mix epoxy. I plan to do a lot of injecting with the syringes and making sure it gets down to all the little tiny voids. It will be a bit of an artform to figure out how and when to use the lead shot, when to use the syringe, when to puzzle in blocks etc etc. I think all those things will go together well in the end though.... short of a solid poured keel I think its the best I can do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118902630742932781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809937093373458752.post-69173497496854591962012-06-03T09:21:19.834-07:002012-06-03T09:21:19.834-07:00Hey Justin, what a labor of love.
When I was addin...Hey Justin, what a labor of love.<br />When I was adding some tabs to a boat years ago, my concern was the original bond of the first layer of cloth with the already cured fiberglass. If that bond is not strong, everything else will not help because it is tapered back. Looks like a very nicely done project. Instead of foam, could you have used 5200. Granted it would much more expensive.<br /><br />I wonder... Instead of using lead filled epoxy, which will it make ticker, would you not prefer to use very thin slow cure epoxy so that all the voids are filled. The marginal additional weight you will get from the lead filled epoxy may not be worth the voids it will leave. The thin epoxy would work it's way around and through the bricks and pelletsWaterdancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085299762825764443noreply@blogger.com