Over the weekend I was finally able to finish up some of the last rivets in the front of the boat. My Wife and oldest boy took turns bucking rivets. Today we had some crazy warm weather, 72 degrees crazy, so it was the perfect opportunity to add some water and check for leaks. I did a ton of work on the front keel and I have been kinda nervous about it. I pulled the boat out, jacked up the back as to keep the transom dry, and added blocking for support with all of the added weight. At first I was really happy, looking closely over all of the rivets I replaced, not a single leak or damp spot and this was after and hour or so of sitting. But then when climbed underneath I could see water weeping from about 90% of the existing rivets where I marked seeing leaks before the Gluvit treatment. This really bummed me out because I had heard a ton of great things about the stuff but it just didn't take. I spent a lot of time prepping to make sure everything was clean and dry too. would have been much better to just replace the rivets in the first place. I guess I'll get to work on that next week, in all there are only about 20 rivets leaking so it shouldn't take too long to replace. Plus my helpers are starting to get pretty good at the whole riveting thing lol.
