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Neil Andersen 1982 C&C 32, FoxFire Yacht Broker Neil Andersen 20691 Jamieson Rd Rock Hall, MD 21661 ________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Olivier Chatot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 8:35 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Olivier Chatot Subject: Re: Stus-List [C&C 38 Mk 3] Cracks on the keel Thank you, Dennis, for the thorough explanation. I had come across the "C&C smile" in the list. My first instinct was that it's related. When I see the close-up photos of your 35-1, I can recognize it's the same kind of crack (same general width and depth). However, the cracks have different shapes. The cracks of your 35-1 are only present at the front of the keel, and they are at an angle, actually resembling a smile. The cracks on the 38-3 I visited are perfectly horizontal and extend all along the keel. Does your 35-1 have a deep bilge, like the 38-3 I visited? If it doesn't, that would explain the difference. As for the washers, they are present under the bolt nuts. Visually, they do not seem degraded to me. But I'm not confident that a problem is always visually detectable. One of the items in the album I linked originally is a video. The camera gets quite close to the bolts. Here's the link again: https://photos.app.goo.gl/6RCU4JpoorAXvxe99 Thank you, Olivier On Thu, May 9, 2019, 20:02 Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Probably a simple case of the "C&C smile". This has been discussed ad nauseum on this list. Many of us on this list have experienced it and repaired it. In its most frequent occurrence, properly torquing the keel bolts and epoxying a couple layers of glass tape over it will fix it. Here's some pics of the smile on my 35-1: http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/doityourself/smile/index.htm That smile was fixed by torquing the keel bolts, digging out some crumbly stuff at the hull/keel interface, filling the dug out areas with epoxy glass, layering 4 inch biaxial tape over the hull/keel joint, fairing and painting. 20 years and 14,000 nautical miles of sailing in all conditions later, it has not recurred. Many of us on the list have similar experience with the smile. Very infrequently, more action is required. This involves dropping the keel and resealing the joint. There may be a void or two or a structural weakness around one or more of the keel bolts. Again, this has only been observed infrequently. There are folks on this list that have experience with that. Again, the most common occurrence is fixed by properly torquing the bolts. Here's a link to the torque specs posted on the C&C site: http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/doityourself/torquebolts/torquebolts.htm It was hard to tell in your pics, what is under the keel bolt nuts? Another critical piece of fixing the smile is stainless washers or plates under the nuts. Many early C&C's had steel plates which degraded allowing the keel bolts to become loose. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 6:25 PM Olivier Chatot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Hi all, I'm considering buying a C&C 38 Mk3, but I've noticed something on the keel that worries me. There is a horizontal crack on both sides of the keel. The cracks stretch almost the full length of the keel. It's present at the same depth on both sides, but it's more noticeable starboard. (see drawing) The cracks are at the same depth as the keel bolts in the bilge (see photo). The keel bolts seem to be all in good condition. The crack is approx 43 cm (17 inch) lower than the base of the belly of the hull, measured from the outside. Drawing, and photo&video of the bilge here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/6RCU4JpoorAXvxe99 By the way, this C&C 38 has the wing keel option. Have you seen something like this before? Do you think this is superficial, or structural? In your opinion, is it a deal-breaker for the purchase? Any opinion, comment and advise is greatly appreciated. Olivier _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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