Not sure I agree with “Freezing is a valid concern”. It has worried me, but I have had frozen water in my bilge every winter I have owned the boat and it has not caused any problems that I know of. I rationalize this as an effect of water expanding along the path of least resistance, so should not put significant pressure on the bilge itself. I pull the bilge pump out of the area that freezes when I winterize and so there is nothing down there to be harmed as far as I know. I don’t really want to put another hole in the hull for a garboard drain unless necessary. Has anyone had ice damage in the bilge? Dave
Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On Feb 12, 2018, at 5:16 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Freezing is a valid concern. If storing on the hard, many people have > installed a garboard drain. An alternative for in or out of the water is the > arid bilge product at the link below. It is an impressively effective > display at the boat show but it carries an equally impressive price point as > I recall. > > http://www.aridbilge.com/ <http://www.aridbilge.com/> > > https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--garboard-drain-plug--P006_181_003_505 > > <https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--garboard-drain-plug--P006_181_003_505> > > Another option that is not quite as effective is using a positive > displacement pump instead of a centrifugal like most of the RULE pumps. This > will allow slightly more water to be removed before the pump sucks air. The > nice thing is that it will pump air and effectively dry the suction and > discharge lines if it is allowed to run long enough. > > http://www.whalepumps.com/marine/product.aspx?Category_ID=10000&Product_ID=10014&FriendlyID=Gulper-320 > > <http://www.whalepumps.com/marine/product.aspx?Category_ID=10000&Product_ID=10014&FriendlyID=Gulper-320> > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Feb 12, 2018 4:39 PM, "Brien Sadler via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > 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 > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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