Some boats are just naturally dry. My 25 does not have an automatic pump. About once a year I forget to close the hatch before a storm, and need to pump a few cups of rainwater out of the bilge with the Whale pump under the cockpit sole. AFA the keel joint, I replaced the original washers in the bilge with some oversize stainless plates and torqued everything back in about 96. I guess I checked the torque about 10 years ago, but it isn’t an issue no smile, no leaks - so I don’t worry too much about it.
Just lucky I guess. Wish the 38 had always been this dry. Rick Brass Imzadi -1976 C&C 38 mk1 la Belle Aurore -1975 C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of erik_hawk...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 7:52 PM To: Joel Aronson Cc: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List 35-3 Leak Thanks for the welcome! Any issue with tightening in the water? I've read conflicting thoughts on the subject. I'm also hoping based on where the leak is missing the one bolt will be okay until end of season. The PO tells me they were tightened 3 or 4 years ago and rebedded 15 years ago. I was surprised at th he lack of a pump but it made it 28 years without. Erik Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: Erik, Welcome! Was the keel joint tight before the boat was launched? There is a keel bolt under the mast, but you can reach the others and it sounds like the leak is aft of the mast. Can't believe there was no automatic pump! Joel Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Erik Hillenmeyer <erik_hawk...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello, Been following on here for a while but never posted. I have a new-to-me 1984 C&C 35 MKIII on Lake Michigan. When we launched six days ago I noticed a large amount of water in the bilge when I would go to the boat. Approximately 2.5 gallons every 24 hours. I have narrowed the leak down to what I assume is a hull/keel joint issue. After checking all the obvious sources for this much water (thru hull, tanks, etc, etc) I finally noticed that all the water was coming from a limber hole in the stringer just forward of the aft most keel bolt. The water is NOTcoming out this limber hole because it's flowing through there from a higher point in the bilge - it's flooding up from underneath the stringer. The bilge area aft of this stringer is dusty dry and I've elminated all other sources of water. The first thing I'm in the process of doing is installing an automatic bilge pump and float switch (PO never had one). I also plan on tightening the keel bolts as soon as I get access to a torque wrench and an extension that can reach the 2 feet to the deepest part of the sump where one of the keel bolts is located. I'm hoping this is some help in stopping or reducing the leak. The sailing season is very short here and hauling out now would cost us a big chunk of sailing, so I'm willing to try anything to stay in. I've thrown this out on some other blogs, but wanted to know if other C&C owners have experienced this issue or have some solutions for getting her through the season. Thanks, Erik _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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