Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-05 Thread Bill Coleman
13 8:33 AM To: kenhea...@gmail.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts Ken You are correct. http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt/Projects/Phase2/garboard_drain.htm At our club (Barrachois Harbour Yacht Club) a number of owners had installed these oart

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-05 Thread Hoyt, Mike
l. Our friends that had teh 25 liked this idea and did the same on their C&C99 Mike From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ken Heaton Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 5:44 PM To: cnc-list Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C smile -

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-04 Thread Ken Heaton
ailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Bill > Coleman > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 03, 2013 7:10 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts > > Find the lowest part of your bilge and drill a hole then epoxy a &

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-04 Thread Hoyt, Mike
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 7:10 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts Find the lowest part of your bilge and drill a hole then epoxy a Garboard Drain/

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-03 Thread Bill Coleman
: Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts Count me among those with water constantly in the bilge. The past two winters with the boat out of the water there has been no evidence of a smile but I have been concerned with the bilge and it always having water in it. Keel stepped, when it rain

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-03 Thread Steve Thomas
ist.com]On Behalf Of Stevan Plavsa Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 9:00 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts Count me among those with water constantly in the bilge. The past two winters with the boat out of the water there has been no evidence of

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-03 Thread William Hall
The water you can see in the keel sump is not oxygen deprived. It's in contact with the atmosphere and absorbs oxygen. My understanding is that if water is trapped inside, say, the rudder or somewhere in contact with the keel bolts, where no air can get to it, then that can cause the stainless to c

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-03 Thread Stevan Plavsa
Count me among those with water constantly in the bilge. The past two winters with the boat out of the water there has been no evidence of a smile but I have been concerned with the bilge and it always having water in it. Keel stepped, when it rains, water in the bilge. Aside from that any condensa

Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts

2013-09-03 Thread Hoyt, Mike
John and others In the reply below you reference the problems from wet stainless in oxygen deprived environment. I have heard this comment several times before also. I am not aware of a large nimber of sailboats that do not have some water in th bilge most if not all the time. Since this is wh