Re: Stus-List Garboard plug

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:00:41 -0800

Josh, I have the 1" version as seen in several other emails....it is located at the very bottom of the bilge sump. (C&C 38MKII) It was installed about 10 years ago. The location was carefully sited and drilled from the outside.....the hole actually sits a quarter inch below the bilge floor.
The brass plate is recessed into the hull to be flush with the hull. We smear a small amount of marine underwater fairing cpd. for the summer of racing.....
When she gets set up on the hard for the winter....we slightly tilt the boat to port and insert a PVC threaded fitting with an angled piece of pipe to carry water away from the hull.
This installation has required NO maintenance and is sealed completely....no chance for water intrusion unless we forget to put the plug in in the spring.
You won't be sorry and that's 1more thing you don't have to worry about over the winter.
Impromptu is located in the Boston area and winters here are usually wet and cold..
I'm getting too old to safely climb a 12' ladder in the freezing weather to check the bilge.....
Best
Ron Casciato


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Cc: muckl...@gmail.com
Sent: 2020-01-10 2:46:34 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Garboard plug

My only concern to doing this is the same concern I have with any hull penetration - one more hole to inadvertently let water in.

Josh Muckley 
S/V Sea Hawk 
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 10:51 AM Len Mitchell via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Our bilge is shallow but not as shallow as a KCB model. I would install it low in the keel stub. It would be best as low as you can and mine may be 1/4-1/2 inch off the bottom and it works fine. I would normally vacuum and sponge out the bilge whenever it was above freezing but that was difficult to plan with a normal work schedule. I installed it with epoxy and faired the garboard drain so you would have to look hard to see it. I suppose you could use 5200 but I don’t like using it.  I had epoxy cure (temperature) issues so it isn’t as smooth as it will be next April. I bought a nylon plug and kept the bronze plug as a spare. There is no downside to this project and that’s why I should have done it 20 years ago on our 1981 36 KCB too. Hopefully you can open the Dropbox photos. If not let me know. 
Len 


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