Steve, Make sure that you take a good look at the knees which the shroud and back stay chain plates attach. These are a known weak spot on boats of our vintage. About 9 years ago the tabbing on one of mine started separating. I was fortunate that I found it before a catastrophic failure.
About every 2-3 years I find that I have to snug up on some of the toe rail fasteners. Generally a 1 flat turn re-seals. Sail safe, Mike Virginia LEE. 93295 1978 C&C 36 CB Virginia Beach, Va Sent from my iPad Mini > On Feb 12, 2017, at 22:14, Steve via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > 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! _______________________________________________ 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!
