Keep it dry or cut it out. Joel
On Thursday, October 1, 2015, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dave > > I'll ask my friend how it was done on his boat....It was back in 1991 and > I simply don't remember. He had another issue he didn't know about when he > bought the boat.....the boat had a hard grounding and the hull had a 'horse > shoe shaped' crack in front of the keel. He hired a contractor to do > that repair and maybe it was the contractor that removed the contaminated > foam......he may have had to cut it out....I am reasonably sure the void > was filled with resin. > > I'll ask and get back to you. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2015-10-01 9:48 PM, Dave via CnC-List wrote: > > Thanks for the input gentlemen. I would welcome any more insight and look > forward to Doug's 35iii photos, off-list as well. > > I will add to the discussion the following excerpt from an email reply > from nick at Bristol marine, in response to my request for an estimate on > re-bedding the keel and filling the smile: > >snip > > However, based on our long experience repairing C&C's, in particular the > 33 Mk II, 35 Mk III, & the 41, all of which have the ballast attached to > the hull at the end of a very deep keel sump, there may be more serious > structural issues involved, particularly if the boat has been aground at > any point in its life. The key indicator of more serious issues are > exterior stress cracks (sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle) at the > radius where the fin meets the hull, particularly at the leading & trailing > edges. Other signs of trouble are cracks or delamination where the interior > structural grid meets the keel sump, delaminated tabbing at the bottom of > the main bulkhead port & stb, or signs that the mast step is sagging. > > If in doubt, have an experienced surveyor familiar with these issues look > at the boat. i.e. Bill Provis, 416-801-5527; Peter McGuire 416-809-2186; > or Wallace Gouk 416-526-3845 > >snip > > I also spent some more time learning how to search past posts and picked > up a little more info, though one question not answered was: How do you > get the foul smelling, deteriorating foam out of the crossmember? > > Looking forward to getting mine further apart and - if nothing else- > reinforcing this potentially weak area. > > > Dave. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address:CnC-List@cnc-list.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','CnC-List@cnc-list.com');> > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at:http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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