Maybe clear tubing would make a better canal for the limber hole? I'd like to insure no voids so I prefer to remove the tubing after the epoxy is hard, and fill any voids and smooth the hole. It may work to wax the tubing before using the epoxy.
Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Nevitt" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:39:47 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Limber holes Joel, I had the yard do mine because I couldn't get any drill I had in there either. I did drill the hole on the aft end of the stringer to start. NOTE, that stringer is not solid. There is a void in it. It is built more like a box. I don't have any idea how big the space is or what damage could be done if it gets water in there. That is why I had the yard do the work. My understanding from talking with the guy that actually did it was that what he did was very similar to what Chuck describes. You can't just drill a big hole and fill it with epoxy as the void is huge. The yard epoxied in a hard plastic tube about the diameter of a Sharpie (not the point, but the body of the pen). Pat On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Joel Aronson < [email protected] > wrote: Like Pat I justdiscovered there are no limber holes in the port stringers next to the mast. Has anyone else drilled we ones? Not much space for a drill! What type of tubing did you use? Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Thursday, December 20, 2012, Gary Nylander wrote: <blockquote> I guess they had other ideas. My 30-1 has a dinette on the port side. Under the forward seat, there was apparently a limber hole allowing any water from this area to go to the bilge - but it may only be there for running some electrical wires, as the junction block for mast wiring is under the seat - and there is a bilge pump in the sump adjacent. I drilled another hole to allow for drainage, as this is where my speed transducer is located and water comes in when I pull the transducer for cleaning. Under the aft seat, there is nothing. I tried to drill a hole for drainage, but there is a little box under the end of the seat which has been used to store flares, the horn, bilge pump handle for the cockpit pump, and some other stuff. I couldn't get the angle right to pass under this box without scaring myself about drilling through the bottom of the boat! So, any time there is water in the area (leaky windows - spills, etc.) the sponge comes out. I think it is fascinating how different the various boats are - still designed and built by the same team. The bilge of the 29 is quite different from the 30.... Gary 30-1 <blockquote> ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Nevitt To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:14 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Season is over Jim, I have a C&C 29 MKII (well actually I just sold it) and looking at your pictures I noticed something that might be of interest to you. Great job refinishing the cabin sole by the way. I did that to mine, but it didn't look near as nice as yours. The thing I wanted to bring to you attention is that when you look at the picture with the floorboards off so that you see the bilge, you will notice that there is a limber hole through the fiberglass stringer on the starboard side of the mast but there isn't one on the port side. I don't know about you, but the water frequently came down the mast and into the mast box but would spill over the sides and go into that void on the port side of the mast. Since there is no way for that to drain it would overfill and begin to soak into the bottom of the port bulkhead. I remedies this by drilling a limber hole on the port side and epoxying in a tube for the water to drain into the main sump. Solved the issue. I could never understand why C&C didn't put a limber hole on that side when they built the boat. Pat On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Rich C&C < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Great pics as usual, Jim and excellent floor job. I’m interested that you refer to the bow of the boat as south and the stern as north…..?? Rich Knowles INDIGO - LF38 Halifax, NS From: CnC-List [mailto: [email protected] ] On Behalf Of Jim Watts Sent: December 19, 2012 19:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Season is over Here's a piece I put together a long time ago when I did the project on my last boat. http://members.shaw.ca/paradigmshift/floorboards.html -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] </blockquote> </blockquote> -- Joel 301 541 8551 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] </blockquote> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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