When I bought my 30-1 (1980), it had a plate on the outside of this area which
had a square headed bolt in it. I took it out because it stuck out. I should
have faired it in because it would be neat to open it up and let it drain over
the winter each year.
I have installed a small bilge pump down in this area now, and when it works
(before dying) it keeps everything almost dry. It's dead right now, so I stick
a little pump down there and keep most/some of the water out.
My boat has three supports for the horizontal block, but no metal. Maybe
someone added that on yours.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald B. Frerker
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:36 PM
Subject: Stus-List Odor & Mast step repair
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.
Ron
Wild Cheri
C&C 30
STL
--- 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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