Yesterday I washed the boat. I knew water was getting into the boat but I wasn’t sure where so I washed the boat with my friend Ryan inside to check all the hardware to make sure I had sealed it up correctly and to find the leak. Turns out the leak was where I’d removed the rub rail on the outside, the screw holes were leaking. All the hardware I had bedded with butyl tape had no leaks and I am super stoked to find that out. I’ll patch those holes in the side and then start putting interior pieces back in and wire the boat.
About the restoration of our 1980 Marieholm 261. (Formerly known as the Money Pit)