Gary and James: In the course of redoing the bottom on my 38MKIIC in 1998............my fiberglass shop found some punky bondo-like filler around the upper joint.
My guys here are pros at that stuff and I can't count on how many C&C's they've done from older ones to newer ones like the 115 in this video. Their fix is to drop the keel, and they do not use 5200, they use a marine adhesive instead, and then they lay up epoxy cloth over the joint and fair it to the keel from the bottom of the hull downward. To date, there is no movement, joint reappearance, or weeping from anything under there......... This year, I finally had to rebuild the rudder......years of water intrusion and freezing and other guck inside just required I do something. Using the original skeleton inside which is way overbuilt, another shop fabricated a new rudder using the original shape (sort of). The result is really nice and the point of this is to let you know that the removal of the rudder and the top fittings went just fine. I had the two set screws at 45degrees that came out easily, and the quadrant came off nicely as well.........It's never been off the boat since 1977. It's a project that you shouldn't shy away from..just take your time and it will be OK.......... Best, Ron Casciato Impromptu C&C 38MKIIC.....'77 New England -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of jtsails Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:07 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 115 new keel joint video Gary, I really!!!!!! don't like hearing that. This is a project that I'm going to have to tackle on my 38' as well. The keel joint is showing a definite crack along the entire length but I don't have any water in the bilge at this point. Advice? James Delaney C&C 38 1976 Oriental, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <ahycr...@cox.net> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:20 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 115 new keel joint video > Joel > Two years ago I did the same thing to "Liberty" a 1976 38' MK I. > Unfortunately we discovered that all the keel bolts had to be replaced as > well. The bill for the whole thing was around 12K. I have a log as well as > pics of the whole ugly affair. > > Gary > Kolc > > ---- Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm glad I didn't get that bill! >> >> Joel >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 16, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> >> wrote: >> >> This story on the Three Sheets Northwest web site may be interesting to >> C&C'rs thinking about a keel joint rebed project. >> >> >> >> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/10/racing-sailboat-dacha-gets-a-new-keel- joint/ >> >> >> >> Martin >> >> Calypso >> >> 1970 C&C 43 >> >> Seattle >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
