The problem: The C&C 35 MK I has a small horizontal bulkhead right up in the bow for a reinforced area to bolt the stemhead to. The deck is not attached to it, there is about a ¼” air gap. That makes the whole assembly weaker and subject to compression bending. Step 1: Remove the anchor roller that needs replacing anyway. Step 2: Use some butyl tape to plug the holes drilled for the bolts from underneath in the forepeak. Step 3: Inject as much epoxy as I can into the gap between the horizontal bulkhead and deck by sticking the epoxy nozzle into the little gap and squeezing in as much as I can. Step 4: Inject as much epoxy as I can into the holes in the stemhead fitting up on deck. Step 5: (optional) Don’t notice epoxy dripping from nozzle and get epoxy on pants.
This is where I am so far. Next steps include buying a new anchor roller and grinding off the aluminum ridge that is part of the stemhead around the old running lights. If I don’t do this I can only fit a small roller and I need a bigger one to hold my new Bruce well. Buying a new roller led to the observation that someone got a metric crap-ton of Chines anchor rollers and is selling them on FleaBay for about $40. Normally I would pass on that kind of thing, but it just a bent piece of metal…………… One also suspects all the expensive rollers are the exact same ones with a different label. While I was down there I looked at my PVC pipe repair of the hawsepipe hole and it is holding up perfectly. I can post details of that if anyone is interested. Joe Coquina C&C 35 MK I
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