Another thing you should change is your yard, if you use the same yard for 
winter storage. Part of the process for launching, before the Travel Lift 
straps are removed from under the boat, should be to go below to check for 
leaks and to “burp” the shaft seal if that is needed.

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Tom Lochhaas 
via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:25 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List cockpit drains freezing

 

Here's my sad story of a cockpit drain hose freezing 11 years ago, the first 
winter in New England after I bought my Landfall 38.  I had it "professionally" 
shrinkwrapped and asked the wrappers not to go too before below the toe rail 
because I'd heard the film could stick to the Awlgrip hull paint. The day 
before they wrapped, I ran antifreeze through all drains in case there were low 
spots. So.. the crew did a lousy job with the shrinkwrap, the "hem" of which 
was too loose and high and let snow and freezing rain blow into the cockpit all 
winter. New to the boat, I didn't worry come spring, but after launching found 
my bilge filling and the pump running. The water the shrinkwrappers had let 
into the cockpit displaced my antifreeze in a low spot in the hose, which froze 
and burst the hose (below the waterline) - I'm just glad I discovered it on my 
mooring after launching and had a functioning seacock, or I'd have wondered 
where the boat was when I next time dinghied out to the mooring. (Worst part 
was it was really hard to run that thick, inflexible replacement hose down 
beside the engine.) The next year, I got together with some other guys, bought 
a heat gun, and we've shrinkwrapped our own boats every year since at a small 
fraction of the cost - and I've never had water ingress again. Lesson learned. 




Tom Lochhaas

C&C Landfall 38

Newburyport, MA 01950

 

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of mike 
amirault via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 7:09 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
Subject: Stus-List cockpit drains freezing

 

NS has seen many freeze thaw cycles this winter. After a fairly substantial 
rainfall this weekend, I found the bilge on my C&C 33mkii was full to the top. 
This seemed like too much water to have run down the mast so I investigated and 
found that one of the hoses on my cockpit drains was frozen solid and popped 
the hose off the barbs of the drain. My boat is not covered at this time(tarp 
was sagging too much) so there is a lot of water in the cockpit.  I'm thinking 
there may be a low spot in the hose causing water to freeze there rather than 
draining. The drains on my C&C are criss-crossed, i.e., port drainst to stbd, 
&stbd to port. Just wondering how other owners in a freezing climate deal with 
this issue?

 

 

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