Welcome to the list, David. Where are you/your boat located? Here's how I did the smile repair on my boat:
Dropped the keel. Flushed out the keel bolt holes. The forward bolt hole (which was under the mast) had a void around it, and a terrible smell when it was flushed out. The yard ground the surface of the keel and the stub, filled the void with a gallon of epoxy (yes, a gallon), and epoxied the keel to the stub. New washers were fabricated (large square stainless, tapered so that the old washers and nuts would lay flat against the new washers). The old washers were replaced with the newly fabricated washers, and then placed on top of the new washers with the nuts torqued to spec. Finally the smile was covered with fiberglass and epoxy. After more than ten years, the smile hasn't returned, and I haven't had to torque the nuts again. Some members of the list used a flexible seal instead of epoxy between the stub and the keel. I don't know how that worked for them. I'll be on my boat this wee4k, and I'll try to take some pictures of the keel bolt washers. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty (1984) Rose City YC Portland, OR On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:53 AM Joe Della Barba via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Be warned -the 35 MK III has a failure mode more complicated to fix than > adding new backing plates. A MK III owner can explain exactly what to look > for, you will want to check for that too. > > Joe > > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > > > On 4/24/2020 6:47 PM, David Swensen via CnC-List wrote: > > I am new to mail list, having recently bought a 1985 35 Mk III. It is > evident his list will be very helpful in the future. Thanks to all > who participate. > I am in the process (when we can get back to the boatyard) of addressing > the C&C Smile. The current keel bolt washers/ plates are not stainless and > I would like to replace them. Whereas I cannot get in to the boat yard for > a few more weeks, I wanted to see if anyone had the dimensions of those > plates so that I could have them manufactured ahead of time. > If anyone has those dimensions to share, I would be very appreciative. > > Best, > > David Swensen > sv Freya (Formerly known as Anthem) > 1985 C&C 35 MK III > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4R7XAWcg8CC1XEn5QnHEOdwt2wM2CLE2OHpyUup9Bp3NOAAIYHEbqusUrc9PUjiclu0$> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4R7XAWcg8CC1XEn5QnHEOdwt2wM2CLE2OHpyUup9Bp3NOAAIYHEbqusUrc9PUjiclu0$ > >
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