I have recently acquired a 40ft, cruiser stern, Norseman, Hancock and Lane. It has become a major project, (never the intention!) having discovered a large amount of water under the cabin floor. The windows, hatches and around the chimney flue were all leaking significantly. the ballast, 2 ft square concrete slabs, were wet and orange with rust. Having identified the leaks I am now in the process of beginning to put her back together, I am going to clean back the metal on the inside and re prime with Bonda rust primer. So a few questions:
Can i re-use the existing ballast, I was going to lay the ballast on roofing felt and cable housing to raise it a little but I have read that roofing felt can trap moisture, would i be better painting a bitumous paint on the primer instead?
This is just the beginning there will be many more questions!!!
Thanks
Simone