Joe,I found the same thing with mine; the forward section about 6in deeper than 
the rest of the bilge and never draining.  I guess the bilge cleaner that I 
dump in periodically helped to keep the smell down.
Did you have to rebuild the supports that the horizontal board rests on?  I 
have only two and they don't appear to be shredding like rotten wood, but they 
were damp and black of course.  And with only two, I can see how the horizontal 
piece will bend eventually.  Did you add a third or do any repairs to the 
two?Anyone else change the number of supports?  Mine appeared to be a couple of 
3/4 or 1in thick plywood pieces glued (???) together and then held by a metal 
parallelogram on either side bolted through.  The supports seem to be resting 
on the shoulder of the bilge and not the bottom although they have a small part 
that reached down to the bilge bottom.RonWild CheriC&C 30STL


--- On Thu, 1/24/13, Joe at Zialater <j...@zialater.com> wrote:

From: Joe at Zialater <j...@zialater.com>
Subject: Stus-List Crazy weird smell from under the mast..
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 3:04 PM

Hi Mike,

I just bought a '75 30MK1 with a sagging mast step.  After pulling the mast
and taking out the old mast step, I found a deep hole that could never drain
back to the bilge pump.  It was full of a foul smelling black goo that had
probably been there for 37 years stinkin' up the joint.  After ladling it
out and rebuilding the mast step, I filled in the extra space with foam and
glass so that water running down in that area will flow back towards the
bilge pump - rather than turning into a nasty science experiment.  Maybe
your 29 has the same setup and you can fill it in.  Good luck.

Joe Boyle
1975 30 MK1 "Zia"
Mayo, MD



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