Steven, To be honest, I've never looked closely at that area of my 35-1. If I'm seeing the photos correctly, the one pic with no bolt shown is the forward surface of the structure you're questioning. The picture was taken from near the mast looking aft? So that surface would be the aft "wall" of the bilge sump?
If so, my best guess is that the structure is a couple pieces of white oak. I could easily be wrong. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 4:24 PM steven.hickel--- via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have a C&C 35 mk I. I don't know what what the blocks under the, at > least forward most, keel bolt are made of. It has a sort of wood grain, but > feel like rock. The fiberglass on the forward-most keel bolt has separated > on the starboard side. There's also a top at least mostly resin layer that > seems to be peeling away suddenly under that bolt and in other sections of > the bilge between bolts. I'm hoping that the blocks aren't wood inside of > resin that have rotted at the bottom and sunk down and caused the laminate > around the forward keel bolt to do the same. Can anyone shed any light > here? Seems best to post before drilling a hole in the bilge to probe the > material. Please see the linked photos > > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/fnTpJJrbdAQ8htiH8 > > Thank you so much for any help and for this forum > > > >
