Rick Do you still know who does Soda blasting in this area?
Thanks Mike From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Taillieu via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 7:19 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Rick Taillieu Subject: Re: Stus-List Keel attachment issues on a C&C 25 Ahmet, Mine does have a sump towards the aft end of where the keel bolts are, that’s where I have the intake for the bilge pump routed. Not so funny story: C&C had good days and bad days when they were laying up the hulls. I bought my boat in the summer of ’99, in the spring of 2000 I had the bottom soda blasted. While cleaning up the bottom before putting in the Interprotect, I was opening up some small imperfections with a dremel tool. I hit one small mark at the aft end of the keel sump and all of a sudden the antifreeze that I had put in the bulge for the winter, started flowing out. One it stopped I had a good look from outside and inside the bilge. It looked like there was a large air bubble in the layup of the hull and the only thing that was keeping the boat afloat for the 25 years before I bought the boat was the layer of gelcoat. Needless to say that area was filled with epoxy and cut up fibreglass mat until I was satisfied that it was full and well sealed. It is important to torque your keel bolts from time to time (mine are due now), when I torqued them for the first time I got at least one full turn on all of the nuts, some were more. I moved my stanchions to the toerail too, much more room to pass through there and it’s easier to sheet the genoa inboard as well. The 25 is a great boat to sail, you can single-hand it really easily and if you want to race it will sail to its rating. If you have any questions on setting up the boat just give me a shout, I’m happy to help. Rick Taillieu Nemesis '75 C&C 25 #371 Shearwater Yacht Club Halifax, NS.
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