EGregerson
Member III
rear keel bolt
I've had the rust stain streaks down the keel from the rear near the rear keel bolt. and pics I've seen show the rear bolt corroding. why the rear bolt; why not the front bolt; or ones in the middle? what is it that causes the rear bolt to fade the fastest? nuts washers and upper portions of the bolts sit in water (both sea and rainwater) nearly all the time; there is water coming in from the stuffing box, the mast and leakage forward of the v berth, maybe the bowrail fittings; there is an inch or 2 in the bilge all the time; but i don't see the nuts rusting. what is going on with this?
I've had the rust stain streaks down the keel from the rear near the rear keel bolt. and pics I've seen show the rear bolt corroding. why the rear bolt; why not the front bolt; or ones in the middle? what is it that causes the rear bolt to fade the fastest? nuts washers and upper portions of the bolts sit in water (both sea and rainwater) nearly all the time; there is water coming in from the stuffing box, the mast and leakage forward of the v berth, maybe the bowrail fittings; there is an inch or 2 in the bilge all the time; but i don't see the nuts rusting. what is going on with this?