For those who care, I found a picture of the bilge. Its at http://www.facebook.com/Theoffice35. Scroll down and look for the dirty bilge. The mast is at the top of the photo.
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Thanks for the illustration, Fred, it may reduce the confusion.**** > > ** ** > > Joel, you are using the term “stringers” correctly. In Fred’s illustration > you can see 4 stringers – the U shaped stiffeners that run fore and aft to > stiffen the hull. On my boat there are 2 stringers as you have described, > but they are about 18 inches to 2 feet out from the centerline of the boat, > and are not attached to the floors that support the cabin sole and the mast > step. (I have hoses routed under the sole in the gap between the port > stringer and the end of the floor.) I presume the gap between the stringers > and floors is so water trapped in the shallow area forward of the mast step > can drain into the bilge when the boat is heeled.**** > > ** ** > > In Fred’s illustration there are 3 floors, which set crossways in the > bilge of the boat and will support the deck. On my 38 I have 3 floors. The > mast step is sitting on two of them, and they are glassed to the hull , > with the aft floor forming what I think of as the bilge sump. I presume > they are glassed into the bilge to reinforce and stabilize the keel stub > which also forms the bilge. There is a third floor, or cross member, a > couple of feet forward of the companionway steps. It supports a joint in > the liner, and is not as substantial as the ones under the mast. It spans > the bilge rather than being glassed into it, so that water from aft > (stuffing box, etc) can flow forward into the bilge sump. My bulge pump > hoses, water heater hoses, bonding wires, and bilge pump power connections > run under it.**** > > ** ** > > I’m sorry to hear about the water damage to your teak interior. All of my > teak is either glassed to the hull with a wide band of tape, or sits on top > of the fiberglass hull liner and is glassed or bolted to the liner. The > result is that water has to get above the level of the cabin sole before it > comes in contact with any teak.**** > > ** ** > > Rick Brass **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of > *Frederick > G Street > *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2013 12:14 PM > > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List limber holes - now Floors, Frames, and Stringers* > *** > > ** ** > > Maybe a picture would be better than words:**** > > ** ** > > > http://www.wavetrain.net/boats-a-gear/275-fiberglass-boatbuilding-internal-hull-structures > **** > > ** ** > > To be clear: floors run athwartships, stringers run longitudinally the > length of the vessel, generally parallel to the keel.**** > > ** ** > > In Joel's case, I wouldn't really call these stringers, although they run > longitudinally; and they're not floors. They're the longitudinal support > for the mast step.**** > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V *Oceanis* (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(* > *** > > ** ** > > On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > **** > > > > **** > > Let me see if I get it right:**** > > There are "floors" (which I was calling stringers) on the port and > starboard side of my mast step. They are hollow glass like an upside down > U. **** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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