Lee,
You should not be gathering water in that area. Since you are the limber
holes (a drain hole through a boat frame, designed to prevent water from
accumulating against one side of the frame, and allowing it to drain
toward the bilge (Wikipedia)) is blocked. You should have a series of
limber holes down the athwartship and longitudinal frames from the stern
area to the bilge in each of the lowest corners. I would recommend that
you pull the aft cover that your vents are mounted on and reach down
with a unbent wire coat hanger with short right angle bend at the bottom
and try to poke out any debris that is clogging the holes. I have found
that this is one very unaccessible area to try to get to without pulling
the fuel tank.
Hope this helps.
Don Kern
Fireball, 12708
C&C 35 MkII
Bristol, RI
On 11/27/2018 10:24 PM, Lee Youngblood via CnC-List wrote:
Hi All,
I have a sweet C&C 35-II, and I’m storing a few gallons of water in the stern
of the boat, on both sides of the vertical bulkhead behind the helm. It’s not for
drinking, and I don’t know how it got there, but when I pull the cap for the vent I
can see it, and vacuumed out about 3 gallons today. OK I live in Seattle and it’s
been raining, yea a lot, but really, how much rain comes through a few screw holes
on the stern plate behind the cockpit? I only looked because my bilge pump was
going off for about 20 sec. every 20 min. Water was trickling down below the
engine, and s couple years ago, I tossed the boat really well, and we flushed out
the construction insulation crumbs under the icebox into the pots and pans under
the stove - that was a mess and another story. Anyway, does anyone else find water
in the stern behind the helm position? Have you looked recently?
On another note, I thought I remembered a recommendation for a good quality
drill bit set for drilling metal, round plastic storage, not the usual rusting
metal boxes. Anyone remember the make or link?
Thanks, Lee
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