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Graham,
Straight from the horse's mouth (Stan) never use silicon or any sealant on  
the centerboard cap gasket. The ONLY material to use is a new neoprene 
gasket  which can be purchased from Stan or buy some material from an industrial 
supply  store and make you own. NO SEALANT.

Rummy

In a message dated 6/6/2013 6:13:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gstewart8 at cogeco.ca writes:

Steve:

Yes, that is a bummer and something that  happened to me when I had the
bright idea that 1/8" high density foam might  make a good gasket. Nope! You
want carefully applied silicone, (but not so  much that it squeezes inside
and clogs up the pulleys for the centreboard  line), good gasket material
and lots of bolts as the fibreglass flange does  not distribute the pressure
very well. 

When I took the cap off the  glass flange was so thin it broke so I had to
add some layers of cloth and  epoxy to mend it. Doing so also made the cap
and the flange much more rigid  and if you have the same problem it might be
worth doing the same. It  doesn't need to be a fancy job. If you put down a
layer of epoxy thickened  with the high density adhesive filler and then
apply the cloth while the  filler is still soft you can fill in the rough
spots and provide a surface  without gaps for the cloth to lay out on.
Hopefully, that won't be  necessary.

Good luck,

Graham 

From:  redneckyc [via Rhodes 22]
[mailto:ml-node+s1065344n45844h79 at n5.nabble.com]  
Sent: June-06-13 5:13 PM
To: Graham
Subject: Re: Centerboard top  glassed in?

This is a followup from a while back. Sorry to  report that when I floated
the boat there were about 5 dripping areas  around the gasket. I left the
boat at the nearby boat yard and they are  going to remove the rivets and
take the top off and then we will see what  it looks like. I am obviously
bummed not to be sailing but on the other  hand seeing how this boat is
almost 40 years old I wouldn't mind knowing a  new gasket and bolts are in
place. 

I went back thru the thread and  looks like a lot of good advice on how to
proceed. 

<http://n5.nabble.com/images/smiley/smiley_sad.gif> Not sailing yet  --
Steve 

Fair winds and following seas .....  Steve  

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