Flooded floor and layout revamp

[ETS Jess]

Hello all,

 

I'm revamping the boat, which will include addressing the internal hull steel. My water tank seal failed and the boat ended up flooding (no damage done, just very humid for a while!)

I'm also refitting the kitchen, changing the current layout from both sides of the galley to all down the port side - that will result in all of the "living areas" being on the port side, and therefor all of the weight.

 

So, i'll be removing the floor boards and ballast (one hull bulkhead at a time), removing what looks like roofing felt and then scraping the flaking blacking off. I'll Fertan and repaint and refit ballast and.... felt....

 

 

Questions!

 

What do you recommend i paint the steel with? i'm not keen on the idea of bitumen. is Bilge paint the way to go? Zink Oxide? Raddle Red?

 

Do i only replace the ballast on the starboard side? Will this balance out the over all weight or is this not a good idea?

 

 

Thank you for any suggestions!

 

Jess

[bottle]

Do not replace the 'felt' put ballast onto spacers, old electric cable is good.

 

When doing the refit make sure you can access all areas to adjust the ballast.

 

As to the 'paint' I will leave that to those that know but cannot see anything wrong with bitumen.

 

edit: to add missing word.

Edited July 22, 2015 by bottle

[Neil Smith]

My hull inside is 2 pack black then I waxoyled it, belt and braces as I don't intend going there again.

 

Neil

[ETS Jess]

Thanks both