Regarding recurring water in the bilge: I am busy going over everything on my newly acquired 1980 CNC 36. My mast is off pending repairs to the rigging. I have checked and double checked water tanks (2), water lines, and keel bolts. No water coming from them or any of the 7 through hull fittings. After using a shop vac to remove any trace of water in the bilge I return the next day and continue to find about 1/2 gallon of water in the bilge. I am now convinced that it is coming back from the manual bilge hose which outputs through a Y connection on the bilge pump output hose. I evacuated that tonight. We’ll see in the morning. If I find any, it will be either salt or bleach. That should help narrow it down, as I have bleach in the water tanks. The holding tank is empty. Good thing for the taste test!
> On Feb 12, 2017, at 10:27 AM, Thomas Delaney via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hello listers, > > In December I finalized the purchase of my first keelboat, a C&C 35 Mk I, > after receiving an extremely thorough and detailed list of items to survey > from Joe Della Barba. Joe, thanks again for your help! > > The previous owner of the boat was a local racing legend who ran a marina > near Glen Island, NY. He had been giving me advice on readying the boat for > her new life on a mooring after spending the last four decades in a slip > adjacent to his houseboat. Unfortunately, he passed away last weekend. > > One of the questions I had yet to broach was the accumulation of water in the > bilge. The boat has been on the hard, shrinkwrapped, for three years. I've > been pumping the bilge dry every two-four weeks, and it seems to be about 2-4 > gallons of water as measured by a big plastic bucket. I'm not sure where the > water is coming from. Apart from the bilge, water is pooling in the > forward-most storage compartment under the port settee. My first instinct is > to have a friend on deck hold the screws on the toerails and stanchion bases > while I slightly tighten the nuts below deck and see if the water ingress > stops. Does that make sense? Is there a different, better course of action I > should take at this time? Does anyone know offhand what size socket I'll need? > > Thanks in advance, > Tom > > --- > Snow Goose > C&C 35 Mk I > City Island, NY > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
