My boat also has the limber holes that allow the settee lockers to drain to the bilge. They were there when I bought the boat.
My boat also only has the manual bilge pump in the cockpit. I always planned to install an automatic bilge pump but never needed it. For the most part my boat is dry. While I sometimes get water in the bilge, it is barely enough to be drawn by the bilge pump. I've noticed water droplets on the inside of the hull below the toe rail, and at times there was salt residue. So I always thought that water splashing on the foredeck would get under the toe rail as it flowed aft and and drip down the inside of the hull. It also was apparent that there would be more water in the bilge after a heavy rainstorm. I've never tightened my toe rail bolts. It's on that list of things to be done. Curious about putting the toe rail of a C&C 25 in the water. I know it's not a desirable state of sailing, more of a mistake. But I've never seen the toe rail of my boat in the water, and I've had the boat heeled as far as 40 degrees. (I wouldn't have believed that number had my friend not got a photo of the compass.) I've put the toe rail of a Pearson 26 in the water, I know what it looks like. The C&C 25 is not all that stiff. I'd say the Pearson 26 is stiffer. So what is the difference? The beam, the freeboard, the shear, a combination of all of them? Mark C&C 25 Mk 1 Mattapoisett, MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 23:15:53 -0400From: "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net>To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 25 leakMessage-ID: <000a01d1a420$f054e7e0$d0feb7a0$@earthlink.net>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" My 25, a MK1 HIN 225, has been very dry for the 22 years I?ve owned her. So dry I don?t have a bilge pump except the OEM hand pump in the cockpit sole, and I dry out the bilge with a sponge every 6 months or so. Maybe I?m just lucky. But on my boat there are small limber holes (maybe ?? diameter) in the bottom inside seam of the lockers under each settee. And that makes me want to ask if your bilge is dry when you take the boat out for a sail? If I had water in the small bilge of the 25, and sailed at an extreme angle of heel (she is fastest with only 15-18 degrees of heel in my experience), some of the water would migrate from the bilge to the lockers. I find it hard to envision spending enough time with the toerail in the water to get water ingress through the hull to deck joint, and a leak between the deck and toerail would let water in during a rain storm. Rick Brass Imzadi C&C 38 mk 2 la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Sailnomad via CnC-ListSent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 5:05 PMTo: cnc-list@cnc-list.comCc: Sailnomad <sailno...@gmail.com>Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 25 leak I have the same problem too, but it is in the bilge, and does not seem tn be related to heeling or sailing. Ahmet Winthrop, MA C&C25 "Tabasco" On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Mark McMenamy via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Hello everyone, I have water in each of the aft storage bins under the settees. When it rains no water accumulates, but when we go for a sail there will be a small amount of water in each bin. After I dry it out, it stays dry until we go for a sail. What I'm thinking is there is a leak in the seal in between the topsides and the hull seam, and sea spray forces its way into the hull on the down wind side. I was thinking that I need to tighten the bolts along the toe rail that hold the topsides to the hull. I've read online that you hold the screw steady on top and turn the bolt underneath. I believe there is butyl tape in between the hull and the topsides. I was thinking of giving each bolt a 1/4 turn. Is my thinking on this correct? Thanks a lot for your help. Mark McMenamyC&C 25 "Icicle"Fort Pierce FL_______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! *****************************************
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