The flange for the drain plug at the bottom of the transom in my boat has
been leaking (not the plug itself) and has been a difficult leak to find.
But after some searching and using mirriors to find it, the next task is to
fix it.

Now that the boat is out of the water (for the winter), I removed the flange
being held on with 2 self tapping screws and a long bolt. I was surpised
not to be able to see any sort of sealant around the flange where it mounts
onto the fiberglass, so I am quite confident this is where the leak was.

Beyond using the typical RTV sealant, does anyone have an alternate or
possibly better recommendation? FYI, it is a 1986 Dearay Sundacer.

Mark (the rail & canopy hook guy)
www.ripnet.com/vtf/prod03.htm

I pretended to fix one of those once, it was easy.

Lunch was nice;

Steamed newt clitoris with banana vinegar garnished with smoked human armpit
hairs and cricket muscle topping accentuated by fermented roadkill kidney
stones, cooked in a gurgling double boiler chock full of medium cooked
eggplant, flavourless chunks of salami and morsels of sea slug, intestine
juice, a side of crackers and a cup of hedgehog urine.





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The flange for the drain plug at the bottom of the transom in my boat has
been leaking (not the plug itself) and has been a difficult leak to find.
But after some searching and using mirriors to find it, the next task is to
fix it.

Now that the boat is out of the water (for the winter), I removed the flange
being held on with 2 self tapping screws and a long bolt. I was surpised
not to be able to see any sort of sealant around the flange where it mounts
onto the fiberglass, so I am quite confident this is where the leak was.

Beyond using the typical RTV sealant, does anyone have an alternate or
possibly better recommendation? FYI, it is a 1986 Dearay Sundacer.

Mark (the rail & canopy hook guy)
www.ripnet.com/vtf/prod03.htm

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The flange for the drain plug at the bottom of the transom in my boat has
been leaking (not the plug itself) and has been a difficult leak to find.
But after some searching and using mirriors to find it, the next task is
to
fix it.

Now that the boat is out of the water (for the winter), I removed the
flange
being held on with 2 self tapping screws and a long bolt. I was surpised
not to be able to see any sort of sealant around the flange where it
mounts
onto the fiberglass, so I am quite confident this is where the leak was.

Beyond using the typical RTV sealant, does anyone have an alternate or
possibly better recommendation? FYI, it is a 1986 Dearay Sundacer.

Mark (the rail & canopy hook guy)
www.ripnet.com/vtf/prod03.htm




Make sure no rot is around the hole. If it is clean it up. Then, I would
coat the hole with epoxy and then reinstall the plug with a marine sealant.