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Old 04-23-2018, 06:17 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by HopCar View Post
Hull to deck joint purely cosmetic? To me that’s a pretty critical joint. If it’s leaking you’ve got a problem that’s going to be difficult to correct. Just squirting silicone on it won’t work. This sounds like a job for 5200 unless you plan to pull the deck off the hull at some future date.
Good point. Any boat that I've owned has the hull and deck joint both screwed together as well as joined with 5200. My understanding was that the 5200 provides most of the actual strength of the joint.
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