Our 34 has a similar issue. A weeping of a minor amount of water exiting the gel coat in the bilge about 4 inches aft of the mast step and one inch above the bilge floor. Hull is solid except for a cored area about 4 feet from centerline. Pending further examination and tests, most likely cause is the stringers used to reinforce the sump area for the keel loads. Seems they can separate from the hull interior, allowing bilge water to enter when the boat is heeled, and eventually seep through when the boast is upright into the bilge. My thought is our issue may be related to some groundings of the past, but need further evaluation when things warm up in the spring. Overall, not a structural and more of a nuisance than anything else. To be continued…..
John and Maryann Legacy III 1982 C&C 34 Noank, CT From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Mike Brannon via CnC-List Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 4:27 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Mike Brannon Subject: Re: Stus-List weeping hull Jacob, the C&C 36 hull is cored throughout. The area around the keel stub is solid. The area to which you refer is most likely cored. Mike Brannon Virginia Lee 93295 1978 C&C 36 CB Sent from my iPad Mini On Nov 18, 2016, at 14:52, jacob fuerst via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: In my '78 C&C 36 I am seeing a couple spots where salt water is weeping in through the hull near the bilge area, appearing from seemingly nowhere as if from a spring. One point is about 3' back from the mast and 18" to the side. The other is closer to the keel but they both are on the edges of hull stringers. I've had a few people look at it and I've gotten everything from an estimate to rebed the keel (though the bolts seem fine and I had the boat out in May), to cutting apart the fiberglass to locate where the water is running from, to don't worry about it. Has anyone had this happen before? How big of a deal is it? The amount of water is minimal but I believe they were coring the hulls. Does anyone know the exact cross sectional thickness of the fiberglass? Were just the sides of the boat cored or did they do the entire hull? How did that work where the keel meets? Is it possible that a through-hull is leaking and water is running up to several feet along the core and popping up somewhere random where it has found a weak spot in the fiberglass? -- Jacob Fuerst 303-520-4669 _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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