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02 Oct 2025 23:44
Replied by zachhandler on topic Bailers
From MCImes

“ I sanded out the fairing putty around the circumference of the bailer to expose the putty between the top and bottom hull. You can see it was highly cracked and water was easily penetrating.

I first rinsed and dried the boat thoroughly by baking it in summer sun for a couple days.

Removed the existing venturis.

Taped over the bottom of the hull

Masked around the holes in the bucket with masking tape

used aluminum tape to build up a chimney around the bailer holes

Filled the chimney with epoxy and sucked on the bung until I saw some drop in the epoxy level

Let cure

When partially cured, cut off the chimney flush with the bucket

Drill out the epoxy plug close to size

Use dremel to semi-finish the hole diameter

Hand sand to finish the hole to size

Epoxy on new Stellar venturis and bullets”
29 Sep 2025 21:30
Replied by mickeyA on topic Bailers
How do I fix a Fenn bailer? Exactly where the white (gel coat) meets the tan (through hull tube), is where water is getting into hull. It could also be on bottom, but there is a cone shaped cover (bullet) over it. I sprayed soapy water on it and gently blew into hull and bubbles are coming out right at the color change. Learned that trick from Ranga. I think I also recall putting a watery adhesive around the area and sucking air out of hull is one way to seal it. If so, what product is best? Do I put only a small amount around the seem, or do I seal the whole circle, including some of the tube? Thanks.
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