My only concern to doing this is the same concern I have with any hull penetration - one more hole to inadvertently let water in.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 10:51 AM Len Mitchell via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Our bilge is shallow but not as shallow as a KCB model. I would install > it low in the keel stub. It would be best as low as you can and mine may be > 1/4-1/2 inch off the bottom and it works fine. I would normally vacuum and > sponge out the bilge whenever it was above freezing but that was difficult > to plan with a normal work schedule. I installed it with epoxy and faired > the garboard drain so you would have to look hard to see it. I suppose you > could use 5200 but I don’t like using it. I had epoxy cure (temperature) > issues so it isn’t as smooth as it will be next April. I bought a nylon > plug and kept the bronze plug as a spare. There is no downside to this > project and that’s why I should have done it 20 years ago on our 1981 36 > KCB too. Hopefully you can open the Dropbox photos. If not let me know. > Len > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/5gwyjrpy2ee8xgo/Photo%202019-05-03%2C%204%2001%2020%20PM.jpg?dl=0 > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > > 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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