Greetings. I have a 2011 Laser--well maintained, stored indoors when not in use etc. I was doing some work on it and opened the bung to ensure no H2O in the hull. I have never had a drop in there but I check it anyway. I have a compressor and I pumped a bit of air in there, let it build up a bit and let the air out---I did not seal up the bung with it pressurized. It's not like i'm inflating the bloody thing but I thought it might help get any moisture out. Anyway, I heard something in there pop--no idea what but i'm now concerned that i may have overpressurized the whole thing and dislodged the mast step or something else. Is this even possible?
I have checked the entire hull to deck joint and it's fine. I know some of you have actually taken these things apart so you would likely know how much brute force it would take to pop this loose. I've gone so far as to research the tensile strength of fiberglass, calculate what i think the surface area would be, and even guess at a couple psi differentials. Have all the fun we want with how foolish I may have been but i really don't know whether I've done some real damage here. I can't see any and i'm reluctant to put an inspection port in there if i don't need it.
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I have checked the entire hull to deck joint and it's fine. I know some of you have actually taken these things apart so you would likely know how much brute force it would take to pop this loose. I've gone so far as to research the tensile strength of fiberglass, calculate what i think the surface area would be, and even guess at a couple psi differentials. Have all the fun we want with how foolish I may have been but i really don't know whether I've done some real damage here. I can't see any and i'm reluctant to put an inspection port in there if i don't need it.
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