Shedding of surface water on boats is a design element that is
predicated on the boat rolling, rocking and pitching. When that movement
stops, there are usually problems. In the days of wooden boats, being on
land caused greatly accelerated deterioration. This is exactly why many
people cover their boats with a frame and tarp while on the hard.
Covered boats age much slower.
Bill Bina
On 12/22/2014 12:12 PM, Petar Horvatic via CnC-List wrote:
Hi all, I have a question on boat stands and aft tilting of the boat
while on the hard.
I find water drainage on most C&C designs to be horrible. I’ve tackled
the issues many times but this one keeps coming back to haunt me.
When the boat is in water, a while back I made drain holes at what
appeared to be the lowest point on deck. So when boat is properly
loaded and equipped, the deck drains pretty good.
Well all that changes once the boat is out of the water as the yard
props it so that everything is tilting aft. So now water collects
about few feet further aft. Year after year this tilting changes
based on how they setup the stands at the time of haulout. No matter
what you do (I’ve drilled pilot holes in aluminum toerail), I always
have submerged pulpit stanchions bases. For me these carry a
significant load(solar panels, support the wind generator and 15HP
outboard on pulpit mount) Well in the winter, ice works the base
screws on stanchions and before you know it you get leaks and wet core.
I would love to prop the aft stands and lower the forward ones so that
the boats sits more level and the water collects where my drain holes
are. Has anyone done this or will doing this disturb how the keel
sits on the wooden blocks?
My thought was to just prop the aft ones but then I realized that they
all need to be adjusted slightly.
Petar Horvatic
Sundowner
76 C&C 38MkII
Newport, RI
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