Recent content by HerbertFriedman

I have filled holes in the mast and boom using aluminum rivets over many years, no problems. I recently used stainless steel rivets to re attach the gooseneck, rather than aluminum for strength. Four out of the 8 screws were stripped, used plenty of TefGel. I too was worried about corrosion...

Regarding the gaskets for the "old standard" Lewmar opening port lites, I have 8 on my 87 E34, two of which leak, seemingly at the gasket. I called Lewmar who said they had not made the old standard for many years, had no gasket material and suggested I replace the old standard with their "new...

see Cree Partridge at Berkeley, he is great.

can someone post a picture of where the clamp goes?

Went to the boat this afternoon and again flooded the base of the mast where it penetrates the cabin roof and again found no leak, so I do not think that either the rubber boot or the ss collar are my leak point, at least for now. I did repeat flooding the small gap between the sail track and...

I certainly agree that the mast penetration in the deck is the likely source of the leak but I did hose that area down several times and no leak was seen. The boot or gaiter certainly does not look as neat as Christain's but it is water tight and, not shown, is a sunbrella wrap to protect the...

Thanks for the advice on supporting the boom in preparation for removing the gooseneck, I will try that as soon as this rain stops. As far as the leak from the gap of the aluminum filler piece, I agree I did not understand it either. But when hunting for the mast leak a few years ago, I...

Yes, my mast looks similar to yours and the gaiter at the deck penetration is similar, no leaks there. But I cannot tell from your last photo if there is a filler piece in the extrusion groove below the gooseneck, if the groove goes all the way along the rear side of the mast, there needs to be...

Loren, according to the Kenyon brochure, see attached, your mast looks like the "high performance" cross section, nothing like mine.

Yes, it looks like my Kenyon mast is totally different from yours, yours look rectangular with rounded corners and with no recess for the sail track and mine is definitely oval with a " rectangular" groove for the sail track and a filler piece below the gooseneck. The "gaiter" looks quite...

I have a leak in my Kenyon mast in my 87E34 and need some advice on how to seal it. The leak comes though the deck penetration and winds up on the table and cockpit sole. The mast is keel stepped and has a rubber boot installed when the mast was stepped. It is a rubber cylinder, hose clamped to...

My 87 e34 has two group 27 wet cell batteries in the compartment just under the mattress in the rear berth and I put one group 24 starting battery near them in the space one would normally go to service the packing nut or dripless seal.

I thought that a foam rope might work but Christian did find a link on e-bay which seems to have some stock for the old standard Lewmar port lites. I dialed onto the e-bay site to see it was still active and appears that it is. https://www.ebay.com/itm/222070285881. It is in roll form so I will...

thanks Christian, I see by the diagram that this seal is not just a solid O ring (with the arrowhead appendage) but rather a hollow core, so my idea of a standard O ring probably is the wrong approach. I hope this e-bay listing is still in effect.

the "soft buna O ring" that I was referring to was in McMaster-Carr online catalogue. They showed buna O ring stock with two hardness specs, one regular and the other "soft" but no values of modulus given. I just thought that all I am trying to seal is rainwater, little or no pressure, so...