And just to add some contrarian experience on C&C build quality; I have had repaired (at considerable expense) both wet core in the deck (which I knew about from the purchase survey) and wet / rotten core in the hull (which was not highlighted in the survey). I would estimate the hull core replacement to be ~8' long and from keel to waterline on a 35' boat. There was no puncture damage to the laminate, but there was an internal locker that didn't (doesn't) drain and the interior skin laminate on the 35-3 is very thin and seems to be susceptible to water penetration.
Tim Mojito C&C 35-3 On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I am now on my second boat with a cored hull. In both boats the hull was > dry. > > > > When purchasing a boat with a cored hull it is extremely important to have > a good out of water survey done prior to purchase. The hull is likely dry > but if it had been involved in an incident of some sort it could be wet in > places and strength somewhat compromised. However typically with a cored > hull boat the moisture is usually in the cored deck and the hull is usually > dry …. > > > > A couple of other interesting and somewhat related points: > > > > 1. Everyone always seems to worry about cored hulls when looking at > boats. I would be far more worried about things like encapsulated keels > than cored hulls. C&C did not use that method as far as I know but Aloha > and some other Canadian builders did. With an encapsulated keel damage to > the keel can lead to water intrusion into the keel and that is very > difficult to fix and can become very serious > > 2. Wet decks. On a cored hull boat the hull is likely dry for > several reasons (not many holes drilled in it and solid core usually in > those areas) but the deck will likely be cored and is in fact cored on just > about every C&C I know. I would venture a guess that 90% of all cored deck > boats built prior to the 1990s have wet decks in at least some areas. The > racier the boat design it seems the more fittings on the deck and therefore > more holes and more likelihood of wet decks, rot and delamination. This is > easily fixed but a pain nonetheless. Also it should be noted that just > because a deck does not feel soft in areas that does not mean it is not wet > in areas. > > > > Well – there is my little mini rant or boring discussion or whatever for > the day. > > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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