Judging by the glass work in the back half of my keel, there was a grounding event somewhere in its past. It was very good, only the different gelcoat gave it away. I think my surveyor missed it. Beside the point, my keel has had zero movement since we bought the boat. No smile, no water issues, I haven't torqued a thing. I think that horrible place under the mast step might need to be swilled out one of these days, but it hasn't been a structural problem at all. If there's that much water in 24 hours, there's a problem. It's not something I would live with comfortably and I doubt a nut job will fix it.
On 20 May 2013 19:16, Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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**** > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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