My keel bolts all had steel backing plates that were rusting to pieces. I replaced them with stainless steel. Not a hard job out of the water if you have a B-A-S (big..socket)
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of andrew rothweiler Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 1:35 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List (no subject) Hello all, Just returned from the trip to look at a C&C 35-2. I only saw two things that concerned me (I'm no expert of course and I'd have a thorough survey), and I'm writing too ask people's opinions on these two issues. First, at the keel to hull joint, directly under the mast, there was water weeping through the joint onto both sides of the keel. Also, if not mistaken, I believe that the forward keel bolt, which is under the mast and can't be seen unless the mast is removed, is in this location on a vertical plane. Is this weeping at the hull/keel joint a serious concern? (i.e. is it enough not to waste money on a survey?) Is it likely that there is water running from the bilge or through the mast, past the keel bolt under the mast (hence a potentially comprised/rusty keel bolt under the mast?) and coming out through the joint? 1) the owner has had the boat shrink wrapped and on the hard for the last three years, and told me that winds this winter have blown the shrink wrap off the boat, and this spring is the first time the weeping has occurred. 2) The entire hull keel joint looked to me to be very good or excellent, no smile visible, and the bottom looked pretty smooth with a near perfect coat of fresh bottom paint. Second, the washer on the center (lowest in the bilge?) keel bolt was extremely rusty. The other visible keel bolts and washers looked very good. I don't remember if the center keel bolt itself was rusty. Also, the gelcoat surface of the bottom of the keel was spider cracked pretty thoroughly, I thought at the time that this was superficial and cosmetic. Are the rusty keel bolt washer and the spider cracked surface of the bilge potential areas of concern? Thank you in advance for any guidance here.
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