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getting Tin-Can ready for summer
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Got started getting Tin-Can (the boat) out of winter storage today. Had a project I wanted to attempt this year. My little 14 ft. Lund is a step up from the basic open hull boat. This one has vinyl covered wood decking from front bench all the way to the transom. On the left side it has a live well with aerator and on right side it has what is listed on  the 2007 sales description as a "Dry Box". That is just a basic storage area with a hinged lid with Perco latch. For the almost 14 years I've had this boat, I've carried lots of stuff in that box. Blankets, first aid kit, spare prop, some basic tools, spare trailer lights, assorted extra ropes,  registration, insurance, annual mussel sheet, etc.  Some of the items  like the first aid kit and emergency blankets I keep in seal-a-meal, double vacuum sealed plastic. 

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  Dry Box with lid open

Well about 4 years ago I noticed that the dry box was not staying dry. I thought it was from a couple trips I took without the travel cover and got rained on. Or a couple sudden rain squalls I got caught out in at Willard. So I sealed all the edges where the box meets the deck, and where the lid hinge meets the right side hull.  That seemed to solve the problem. Until last year. I didn't get rained on while on the water, and I didn't make any trips without the travel cover, but I had begin to notice water in my bilge area more often while on the water (Lunds are darn good boats, but rivets do get loose after awhile) . When I emptied out the boat to store for the winter last December, much of the stuff was wet and beginning to mildew and rust. The items that were vacuumed sealed were fine, but my boat documents in their canvas pouch were wet, and my tools in an old Air Force canvas tool bag were rusted and the bag was about to disintegrate. (Well that bag WAS about 30 plus years old).   Anyway.........  I had the idea of buying another live well plastic insert from Lund and installing it in the dry box as the internal dimensions are the same.  But after some searching and emails to and from Lund, I was told that live well isn't used anymore by Lund and they didn't have any in old stock. 
So next idea was maybe I could seal the inside of the hull rivet lines that were in the common wall of the dry box. 

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Inside Dry Box before cleaning

Today I got a 5' x 6' roll of shower pan liner and some marine grade caulk and 3M spray adhesive. I removed the lid and decking over the dry box, cleaned out all the debris, sealed all the accessible hull rivet lines (didn't find any that were loose) cut and dry fit shower pan liner membrane. Made some tweaks and minor adjustment cuts, then sprayed the inside of the box area and the back of the membrane and pressed it back into place. It seemed to fit and adhere quite well but needs at least 12 hours of cure time on the sealant. 
So tomorrow I'll go back to the boat shed and see how well (hopefully) it stuck. 

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 Pan liner dry fit                                    Rivet line sealed and liner adhered with  3M spray adhesive  


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Liner material view from top.

Hopefully the liner material stays "stuck" . Next step will be to get the rest of the boat put back together and make a trip to Willard, maybe next weekend and with nothing in the dry box, do a visual leak check.   Huh    Big Grin .
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getting Tin-Can ready for summer - by Tin-Can - 03-08-2021, 10:44 PM
RE: getting Tin-Can ready for summer - by dubob - 03-09-2021, 03:07 PM
RE: getting Tin-Can ready for summer - by Tin-Can - 03-09-2021, 11:09 PM
RE: getting Tin-Can ready for summer - by Tin-Can - 03-10-2021, 09:05 PM

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