Our Audrey has developed a leak on a couple of Rubbing strake bolts. They may have been weeping for a while and dismissed as condensation but with the prolonged rain we have had on Windermere they became a problem over the weekend.
I've made temporary repairs but it will need some TLC over the winter and I'm thinking of removing the strake and re-bedding with sealant.
Searching the forum it seems that some boats are through bolted with the nuts exposed on the inside. All of mine are fibreglassed over apart from 3, 2 of which leaked. I think this is because the rubbing strake was replaced by bob when I purchased the boat and it may have been a second hand piece of timber, not all the holes lined up so they were re-drilled. I'm assuming that the strake is sealed/bonded to the hull along with the bolts and that when I remove the bolts the nuts will be held by the fibreglass. Has anyone done this before? I'm hoping the nuts are held as it will be a hell of a job exposing them to get a spanner onto them.