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I ended up putting a hole in the bottom of the keel on my ericson, I noticed it was weeping for about two weeks after she was pulled and docked in my yard. I drilled the hole with a 1/2" angle drill, about 9/16 and water gushed out of there for an hour. Turns out the glass over steel construction of the keel is cored with foam. it was totally waterlogged. uppon further investigation of the problem (WHERE DID IT ALL COME FROM!!!!) I found that someone installed a bilge pump with 5/16 3inch long stainless carriage bolts drilled straight into said foam........... maybe if I had tried to keep the bilge dry I would have noticed this problem earlier. So on my pearson that's sailing this year?.....Dry
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