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    Replying to:RL28 Forestay U bolt sealing.
    My RL28 has a habit of pooling water in the very forepeak of the anchor well, particularly around the U bolts. It's obviously been like that for years and that has partially caused a failure with my forestay. The sealant between the 'U bolt to deck' join has broken down with time and allowed water encroachment, and that's led to the rotting of the timber under the glass anchorwell. So, I'm flagging a warning to other RL 28 owners to check your U bolt sealing at the front, particularly if your boat also allows water to 'pool' at the very front of the well. This may need reinforcement. Since then, I've also placed a 10mm alloy plate under both U bolts to alleviate the load on the fibreglass alone. It was a good thing I had a 'safety' backup rope on the inner U bolt just incase this particular failure ever happened. And it did! When the deck let go with a, not so loud 'bang', we were night sailing to Davies Reef. In fact it wasn't until we were returning home on a broad reach that we noticed the rig, 'a little looser than normal'. The attached jpeg is a shot taken from directly above showing the holes left by the 'pulled' frd U bolt. Has anyone else had this happen to them? Cheers Alex