something loose in my hull

StJulian

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The other day when turning my boat over I heard some rattling from inside the hull.
My initial thought was that it could only be a big piece of resin or a detatched piece of the bracing wood. The boat is only a couple of years old and looks and feels perfect so I cannot see why bits inside would be loose.
One other possibility is that some of the numerous snails in the compound have crawled in through the transom drain plug hole, which I always leave unplugged, and their dead shells are now free to roll around.
I intend to go back to the club and stand the boat up on its transom to bring the loose bits to the back and then to fish about with a bit of wire to try and get a looksee.
Is my snail idea "off the wall"? and has anyone had bits come loose inside a fairly new hull. I also have the problem of how to reverse the "ship in a bottle" puzzle.
Any thoughts. (I am not about to cut any inspection ports).
I could of course just ignore it.
 
Well as I turned the boat over it clattered about as it bounced off the inside walls, maybe like one or two decent sized pebbles, which is why I initially thought it could be resin or a piece of wood.
I just wondered if anyone had ever heard of snails crawling in through the drain hole.
I will have a poke about when I am next at the club to see if I can tell what it is.
 
I have the same problem... according to the person who ii bought my boat from its just a piece of fibreglass. it doesn't do any harm so i havn't bothered to remove it
 
When i replaced my mast step on my V15 i had to drill out the screws (another great LP design!) so i have 3 screws rolling around on the inside. I was able to flush one out after many attempts but its not worth it
 
Well as I turned the boat over it clattered about as it bounced off the inside walls, maybe like one or two decent sized pebbles, which is why I initially thought it could be resin or a piece of wood.
I just wondered if anyone had ever heard of snails crawling in through the drain hole.
I will have a poke about when I am next at the club to see if I can tell what it is.

Can you capture it with a magnet from the outside?? Only if it's steel, of course.. but failure to capture would rule out some items. Personally I think it would have to be a very large snail, larger than the drain plug, to make any noise at all. Prolly something left over from the mfgr process. Maye a pop rivet slug. Don't know if there are any pop rivets in a new hull or not.
 
hey guys first post!!:)...i had the same problem..i was told that when the boat was manufactured and the deck and hull were put together excess bit of fiberglass were on the inside. overtime these pieces broke off and now sit in the hull... i think this is along the correct lines... not a lot to worry about i think...:)
 
A few weeks ago we stood a club Laser on its nose to retrieve something we could hear rolling around inside the hull. It turned out to be a big piece of the resin glue that glues the deck to the bottom. About the size of a fist.
 
The other day when turning my boat over I heard some rattling from inside the hull.
My initial thought was that it could only be a big piece of resin or a detatched piece of the bracing wood. The boat is only a couple of years old and looks and feels perfect so I cannot see why bits inside would be loose.
One other possibility is that some of the numerous snails in the compound have crawled in through the transom drain plug hole, which I always leave unplugged, and their dead shells are now free to roll around.
I intend to go back to the club and stand the boat up on its transom to bring the loose bits to the back and then to fish about with a bit of wire to try and get a looksee.
Is my snail idea "off the wall"? and has anyone had bits come loose inside a fairly new hull. I also have the problem of how to reverse the "ship in a bottle" puzzle.
Any thoughts. (I am not about to cut any inspection ports).
I could of course just ignore it.


it could be a variety of things, either pieces of gunk that flaked off or junk that snuck in through one of the plugs, if you have an inspection port you can get it out, or if its small you might be able to get it out of through the stern plug
 
Thank you all for your thoughts, and appologies for my flight of fancy.
By sight and feel through the transom drain plughole I managed to determine that the rear cubitainer is loose. I guess I can just leave it alone.
 

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