Gene, If you're spending a significant amount of time out of the water and can't keep your bilge dry (not uncommon). Many of the listers have installed garboard drains. They install the plug and then fare over the outer hole. In the winter once the boat is hauled out the plug is removed and the faring is knocked out. The bilge drains completely for the duration of the winter.
As for your keel to hull crack. Many of the listers refer to this as the C&C smile. Some do so little that when their boat smiles at them they just smile back. Others have gone so far as to remove the keel and thoroughly refit. Generally speaking you should at least check the keel bolt torque. This should be only be done while sitting on the hard. It will usually require removal of the mast to get to one of the keel bolts. You'll also need some jumbo sockets, a torque multiplier, and a torque wrench. After checking the torque, some of the listers have had good results grinding a 1/2" deep 'V' groove at the crack, filling with thickened epoxy, and applying a 4" wide fiberglass tape bandage all the way around the keel. Here is a different prescription: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yV1JEN3YxQk1RbHc/view?usp=drivesdk Good luck, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Apr 10, 2017 1:36 PM, "Eugene Fodor via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I have a crack at my hull/keel joint and am debating filling it with 4200. It is no significant and as I understand it this is pretty normal for boats with an external keel. My concern is that since my boats up north in Wisconsin and spends a good amount of time frozen, I'm wondering if filling it might actually cause expansion if any water gets down the keel bolt and through the cracks. One of my keel bolts has had this problem which I mitigated through drilling a hole on each side of the bulge, epoxy fill and some vigorous hammering. Thoughts? Gene Fodor "Hawk" C&C 29-2 84-85 _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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