Put a garboard drain in the lowest part of your bilge. Just keep it open in the
winter so anything that gets in drains out.
Bill Coleman
C&C 39
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From: Brien Sadler via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Date: 2/12/18 16:38 (GMT-05:00)
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Brien Sadler <brien.sad...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Mast boot and keel bolts
The only reason I worry about the mast leak is water in the bilge in the
winter. It’s probably from being a submariner for close to 20 years, that in my
mind water in the bilge is a big “No No”. I don’t want it turning to ice and
causing problems. I have a bottle that catches most of the water that drips to
the mast step, but when we have a couple of deluge days like we had yesterday
in CT the bottle over flows into the bilge. I poured a little anti-freeze in
the bilge at the beginning of the season to keep any over flow from freezing,
and that worked pretty well. Since it was warm out today I vacuumed everything
out and it’s dry but who knows in the next 2-3 months how many more 3-4 inches
of rain days we’re going to have. Any other suggestions on rain water in the
bilge and how to deal with it in the winter would be great.
Also, I think I’m going to leave the keel bolts just like they are and inspect
on a regular basis. They seem to be fine and the previous owners left them that
way and they seemed to know what they were doing. So I’ll just keep an eye on
it. Thanks again.
Brien
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