Like Pat I justdiscovered there are no limber holes in the port stringers
next to the mast. Has anyone else drilled we ones? Not much space for a
drill! What type of tubing did you use?
Joel
35/3
Annapolis
On Thursday, December 20, 2012, Gary Nylander wrote:
> **
> I guess they had other ideas. My 30-1 has a dinette on the port side.
> Under the forward seat, there was apparently a limber hole allowing any
> water from this area to go to the bilge - but it may only be there for
> running some electrical wires, as the junction block for mast wiring
> is under the seat - and there is a bilge pump in the sump adjacent. I
> drilled another hole to allow for drainage, as this is where my speed
> transducer is located and water comes in when I pull the transducer for
> cleaning.
>
> Under the aft seat, there is nothing. I tried to drill a hole for
> drainage, but there is a little box under the end of the seat which has
> been used to store flares, the horn, bilge pump handle for the cockpit
> pump, and some other stuff. I couldn't get the angle right to pass under
> this box without scaring myself about drilling through the bottom of the
> boat!
>
> So, any time there is water in the area (leaky windows - spills, etc.) the
> sponge comes out.
>
> I think it is fascinating how different the various boats are - still
> designed and built by the same team. The bilge of the 29 is quite different
> from the 30....
>
> Gary
> 30-1
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Pat Nevitt <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pnev...@gmail.com');>
> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com');>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:14 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Season is over
>
> Jim,
>
> I have a C&C 29 MKII (well actually I just sold it) and looking at your
> pictures I noticed something that might be of interest to you. Great job
> refinishing the cabin sole by the way. I did that to mine, but it didn't
> look near as nice as yours. The thing I wanted to bring to you attention
> is that when you look at the picture with the floorboards off so that you
> see the bilge, you will notice that there is a limber hole through the
> fiberglass stringer on the starboard side of the mast but there isn't one
> on the port side. I don't know about you, but the water frequently came
> down the mast and into the mast box but would spill over the sides and go
> into that void on the port side of the mast. Since there is no way for
> that to drain it would overfill and begin to soak into the bottom of the
> port bulkhead. I remedies this by drilling a limber hole on the port side
> and epoxying in a tube for the water to drain into the main sump. Solved
> the issue. I could never understand why C&C didn't put a limber hole on
> that side when they built the boat.
>
> Pat
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Rich C&C
> <r...@sailpower.ca<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'r...@sailpower.ca');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Great pics as usual, Jim and excellent floor job. I’m interested that
>> you refer to the bow of the boat as south and the stern as north…..??****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Rich Knowles****
>>
>> INDIGO - LF38****
>>
>> Halifax, NS****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com<javascript:_e({},
>> 'cvml', 'cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com');>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Jim Watts
>> *Sent:* December 19, 2012 19:02
>> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com');>
>> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Season is over****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Here's a piece I put together a long time ago when I did the project on
>> my last boat. http://members.shaw.ca/paradigmshift/floorboards.html
>>
>> ****
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Watts
>> Paradigm Shift
>> C&C 35 Mk III
>> Victoria, BC****
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