Water under my deck, how to get it out?

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Your boat kinda looks like it has a core and then was glassed over. If you get cracks in the hull, even hairline cracks, you're going to get water in there.

You actually have a number of options. You can take a hole saw, cut out on the inside and SAVE the resulting coupons, invert the hull with a heater underneath to draw out the moisture. Then reattach the coupons, fair them in well. Now you have to look at the outside of the hull - if you see cracks there, you're going to have to put a thin barrier coat of either epoxy or vinylester resin to seal things up. Then coat the side of the hull - just a thin coat - and repaint. The paintg will keep the UV off the barrier coat and protect it a little from the daily abrasions of life as a boat.

Another option is that Guatamala is due for a new president - they rotate them through every few weeks depending on whom got the ammo that month. As El Presidente, besides having the full resources of the Guatamalan Navy, you could also have the pleasure of lining up the guys who built your boat against a wall there.

Finally, in the leeetle picture you posted, it looks like your boat is sitting in the water. It will stay nice and dry if you just keep it on the trailer in a shed. Think of it this way Hank - if a couple of guys put you in the water and sat on you for a couple of hours, after they pulled you out and put you on a trailer, I bet they'd hear sloshing if they rocked you back and forth.
 
Drill a bunch of 1/2 inch hole in the bottom of the boat and cover the entire boat with a black plastic tarp.

Get an industrial Blow Dryer heat gun and fit a tip into each hole. Be sure to stop before the boat vatchs on fire.

If you see smoke you may wany to consider moving to the next hole.

The heat will drive the water out straight to hell.

WHen your happy that no more water is in the boat, go get some of that expandable foam at Homey Depot or Lowes. a Case or two should do it.

Make sure that it is the type that reacts with moisture to expand.

You boat looks pretty small so you may ant to flip it upside downwards sideways like to let the foam gravity flow.

Blow s many cans into the void as you can and let it harden.

then get some gel coat with silica and fill up all the holes you made.


When your waiting for it to dry take a look at all the boat stuff I posted for sale on the classified and Buy Somthing

Capt@WickedGoodOutdoors.com
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/peregrine/

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