On my Soling I simply drilled a ¼ hole and put a large round head bolt with a wing nut inside. Two O rings under the head, no leaks.
Bill Coleman C&C 39 animated_favicon1 From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:33 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] 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 oarticularly after one boat had installed a new cabin sole in the Fall that was ruined by water buildup in the cabin over the follwoing winter/spring. We have a freeze/thaw cycle here that tends to have snow in the cockpit followed by rain then freeze which closes off cockpit drains and then drains into cabin sometimes. Typically these are installed from the outside using something liek a 1 inch flush drain (Perko I believe). Many of us would then fair around the flange causing a slight bulge. We did it this way on our Niagara 26 "Full Tilt 2" and our friends on their C&C 25 "Dry Red". Once we bought the J/27 I could not do this since this sort of protrusion is sacrilidge on a racing boat so I decided I would try it from the inside using a half inch drain. This worked very well and I use either thickened epoxy or a polyester based filler to fair the hole each spring so that it is undetectable and then in the Fall I pop out the fairing and remove the plug. Seems to work well. Our friends that had teh 25 liked this idea and did the same on their C&C99 Mike _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Heaton Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 5:44 PM To: cnc-list Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C smile - wet keel bolts It seems to me that Mike even documented the install of one of these garboard drains online. I know I've run across it before. Ken H. On 4 September 2013 14:46, Hoyt, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: Good idea Bill except that the boat will sink .... Seriously though - I have put garbord drain in my last two boats. Very difficult to put at absolute lowest part of bilge but it does ensure there is never a serious water buildup over the off season. Water collecting in a boat on the hard does nasty things Actually I install mine from the inside and completely fair over the outside. There is no bulge or any trace of the garbord drain and it has zero effect on flow over the keel this way. Previous boat I did from the outside and there was a slight bulge. Mike _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 7:10 PM To: [email protected] 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/Plug in . Bill Coleman C&C 39 animated_favicon1 From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stevan Plavsa Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 9:00 AM To: [email protected] 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 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 condensation in the boat, the stuffing box (which needs repacking), etc, and I have water in the bilge, all the time. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto
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