Thanks, I am a first timer so any adivice is welcom. ---LH -----Original Message----- From: Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:57 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bilge
Hi Larry What you call the shoal cavity is really the 'Bilge' on the boat. It is hard to get too, but people have told me that they keep a large sponge in it to soak up water and keep debri out. Fair winds Bob Hughston, Larry wrote: >Thanks for the tip. If one were to get creative what would be the best >way to keep debris and water out of the shoal cavity in the first >place? ----Larry Hull #189 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Stanley Winarski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:30 AM >To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats >Subject: Re: M_Boats: boom tent > > >Larry, > >Water that gets into that shoal keel cavity gets real stagnant after a >while. It takes a bit of contorting to get in there with a sponge but >when you see what you get out of it you'll be glad you went to the >trouble. > >When I first got my boat (new) I took water into the hull through a >flaw in that glass layup. I patched it with a fiberglass patch and its >been good ever since. > >I still get water into the cabin from heavy rains puddling on the sole >and seeping under the companionway board. Regularly cleaning the >accumulated dirt that collects between the wood and the fiberglass at >the sill and drilling a few holes in the wood has helped keep some of >the rain water out but that hasn't totally solved the problem. > >Stan >M-15, #177, Carol II > > >_______________________________________________ >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >_______________________________________________ >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
