A gentleman I work with has a C&C 43 custom (early 80s design) with a cored hull. He paid over 10k to have delimitation fixed. Not sure how the water got in, but it did.
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Tim Goodyear via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > And just to add some contrarian experience on C&C build quality; I have > had repaired (at considerable expense) both wet core in the deck (which I > knew about from the purchase survey) and wet / rotten core in the hull > (which was not highlighted in the survey). I would estimate the hull core > replacement to be ~8' long and from keel to waterline on a 35' boat. There > was no puncture damage to the laminate, but there was an internal locker > that didn't (doesn't) drain and the interior skin laminate on the 35-3 is > very thin and seems to be susceptible to water penetration. > > Tim > Mojito > C&C 35-3 > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I am now on my second boat with a cored hull. In both boats the hull was >> dry. >> >> >> >> When purchasing a boat with a cored hull it is extremely important to >> have a good out of water survey done prior to purchase. The hull is likely >> dry but if it had been involved in an incident of some sort it could be wet >> in places and strength somewhat compromised. However typically with a >> cored hull boat the moisture is usually in the cored deck and the hull is >> usually dry …. >> >> >> >> A couple of other interesting and somewhat related points: >> >> >> >> 1. Everyone always seems to worry about cored hulls when looking at >> boats. I would be far more worried about things like encapsulated keels >> than cored hulls. C&C did not use that method as far as I know but Aloha >> and some other Canadian builders did. With an encapsulated keel damage to >> the keel can lead to water intrusion into the keel and that is very >> difficult to fix and can become very serious >> >> 2. Wet decks. On a cored hull boat the hull is likely dry for >> several reasons (not many holes drilled in it and solid core usually in >> those areas) but the deck will likely be cored and is in fact cored on just >> about every C&C I know. I would venture a guess that 90% of all cored deck >> boats built prior to the 1990s have wet decks in at least some areas. The >> racier the boat design it seems the more fittings on the deck and therefore >> more holes and more likelihood of wet decks, rot and delamination. This is >> easily fixed but a pain nonetheless. Also it should be noted that just >> because a deck does not feel soft in areas that does not mean it is not wet >> in areas. >> >> >> >> Well – there is my little mini rant or boring discussion or whatever for >> the day. >> >> >> >> Mike >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of >> page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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