It felt odd to back SPARTINA down the ramp with the masts and sails lying in the hull. I didn't have time to go sailing, and even if I did there wasn't much in the way of a breeze. But I wanted to know if I had fixed the leak at the centerboard pin.
I took my usual approach to repairs: Thinking about it and worrying about it for a couple of days, then 15 minutes to do the actual repair itself. Total cost was $1.29 for a roll of teflon tape (in an earlier post I had incorrectly called it silicone tape which is different but might have also been useful). Lock nut and nut loosened, I put several wraps around the bolt that serves as the cb pin, then tightened the bolts to get a nice "squeeze" from the tape to seal the leak.
A cold day, it was quiet at the ramp Backed SPARTINA down, tied her to the dock on Scuffletown Creek. No leak. Took a walk, came back, no leak. Ran off to get a burger and fries, read the paper, returned to find no leak. Not a drop.
I will add the roll of teflon tape to my onboard repair kit.
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