Hi Ray, I had the same problem with my 33. I think it was due to 2 issues...1. The PO had a hard grounding at some point and 2 the 33 mkii mast steps need to be strengthened. My mast was compressing the step.
Your description matches mine exactly...water seeping in the side walls of the bilge. Anyway, i was able to sail for a season, but at the end of the season I sailed straight over to a good yard. They rebuilt the mast step, dropped the keel, and did some other repairs. This was $$. After the job i still had a tiny bit of ingress, but i sanded all around where the repair work was done, barrier coated it and now have a dry bilge. Bruno has got me thinking about strenghening the bilge. How did you do this Bruno? Did you you lay down a few layers of glass cloth? Mike On Mon, May 7, 2018, 9:33 AM Raymond Macklin via CnC-List, < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello: > > It is that time of season for the big Splash. I have run into an issue > since I put it in the water. My bilge pump is running continuously. I > took a close look and I am noticing the water is seeping in from the walls > of the bilge. Prior to launching I took a real close look at the keel. I > saw no issues, no smile, nothing. The only part I did notice was the very > bottom of the keel. Since the keel rests on the bottom of the cradle, I > cannot do much inspection prior. This time I happen to see it while on > the lift. I was not a smooth like the sides of the keel. In fact it was > not good at all. Does that sound right. I see now water coming from any > other area. Anybody have an recommendations on what to do? > > Ray > LakeHouse > Milwaukee WI. > _______________________________________________ > > 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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