Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Houston We Have A Problem!!!

Well I finished pressure testing the Pontoons today.  There are 10 compartments and 3 are leakers!!  The front one on the left side (port?) and the front and rear on the right side (starboard?) .  The left one is really bad, I cut a hole big enough for my head to look in.  The rust was about an inch deep and the metal is very very thin.  I am going to have my friend redo the entire bottom of this one.  The right side doesn't seem near as bad, the front is a couple of cracks which we will weld up.  I need to cut a piece out of the rear one and we will see how the metal looks.  The rest all held 4 PSI no problem and when you hit them on the bottom with a hammer they sound solid and nothing loose.

So hopefully not too big of deal!!!

I will take some pics and post them of the damage in the next day or two!!

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