Cram a small sponge through the toerail where the water pools, it will wick it overboard pretty quickly and you won't be drilling a bunch more holes in your boat.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 22 December 2014 at 09:20, Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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