I do almost the same as Bill because I think his rational is correct I simply pour water on the cockpit sole and the bridge deck and watch it fk
On Monday, December 22, 2014, Bill Coleman via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > This has been oneof my pet peeves forever. For some reason, it has been > passed down through the ages at our club that you tilt the boat back to > drain. I have explained to the guys several times that boats drain properly > only when they are level and they miss the holes when they tilted . I > hold a level on the water line and we block it till it is level both ways. > I imagine when they leave they talk about me like I'm some kind of crazy > guy. Like Foghorn Leghorn sez, you can't argue with logic. > > Bill Coleman > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Petar Horvatic via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cnc-list@cnc-list.com');>> > Date: 12/22/2014 12:12 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cnc-list@cnc-list.com');> > Subject: Stus-List Boat stands and draining deck water while on the > stands. > > 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 > > > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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