Jake, Please add us to the list of recipients of your photos too. Ron & Lisa 1986 35/3 Mr Bop
> On Oct 13, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Jake Brodersen via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Doug, > > How can you tell the forward keel bolt is leaking? Is there seepage from > under the mast? > > I went through a similar repair about ten years ago. We dropped the keel, > drilled a large bore hole through the mast step and inserted a stainless > steel post (about 1 ½" in diameter). The keel bolt now tries to compress > the post instead of the somewhat questionable filler that is found in the > mast step. While my bilge is still always wet, my only issue is the > constant stink that the boat has. When we dropped the keel the forward bolt > had a bunch of black water surrounding it. The smell was horrible. > > To further reduce any mast step problems, we installed a large ¼" stainless > steel plate over the mast step to spread the load across several of the > cross members. I do have some pictures to share offline. > > Jake > > Jake Brodersen > "Midnight Mistress" > C&C 35 Mk-III > Hampton VA > > > > > _____________________________________________ > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug > Allardyce via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 12:18 PM > To: CnC- List > Subject: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3 > > > Has anyone out there done any reconstruction in that cavity under the mast > step where the keel bolt comes up. My mast step is solid, but I can't seem > to get the forward keel bolt tight enough. I dropped the keel last spring > and rebeded it with 5200 but the forward bolt still leaks after a hard race. > > > Doug > "Bullet" > C&C 35 MK 3, 1985 > ~~~~~~~~_/)~~~_/) ~~~~~~~~ > > << File: Untitled attachment 00291.txt >> > <winmail.dat> > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
