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[Roger L Kingsland]

John (Boor),

Do you have photos of your battery install?  Did you enlarge the hatches in
the sole to make room for the batteries?

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Boor" <5thseason at canada.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:29 AM
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> > John,
> > I have been there on 380 as Roger states the ballast
> slopes to the aft end of the keelcavity, and is about 12in
> deep just before it passes through the engine compartment
> bulkhead.  I found that all of the lateral stringers had
> rotted out at the base due to excessive water intrusion over
> the years and I had to replace them.  Check to make sure all
> the limber holes are open and you have a natural slope into
> the bilge area.  Since I was in this part of the boat I
> reworked the battery box area to accomodate 4 6volt deep
> cycle batteries and a starting battery and still allow water
> to folw through from the forward section to the bilge.  Also
> as Roger states the cabin sole is only fastened at the
> lateral stringers and filler used to blend the sole into the
> hull and settee bulkheads.
> John Boor
> #380
> MAHSEER
>
>
> > My forward well (in the head area) on #148 is very shallow
> > and looks to be the top of the keel (clink, clink when you
> > tap it).  It and the next one aft have sloped bottoms.
> > The two aft compartments have plywood floors through which
> > I drilled  3" holes to see what's down there and found the
> > top of the keel a few inches below the plywood.  The keel
> > slopes down going aft and water that gets in the
> > compartments (and the cavities under the aft two) drains
> > into the bilge.  Perhaps you simply need to open some
> > existing or new holes between the top of the keel and the
> > bilge to let the trapped water out.
> >
> > There is a bulkhead separating the aft compartment from
> > the bilge/engine area that runs from under the cabin sole
> > to about 6" from bottom of the bilge where it stops and a
> > portion of the cast iron keel extends 2"+/- into the bilge
> > (creating a little shelf near the bottom of the bilge).  I
> > have always assumed the water from the top of the keel
> > made its way to the bilge through there.
> >
> > Unrelated to your issue but relative to the same area of
> > the boat, I could not find anything fastening the cabin
> > sole to the sides of the hull.  I gave myself a nice
> > headache sticking my head in the battery compartments with
> > a flashlight and it appears the wood cabin sole just butts
> > into the side of the hull and is only fastened to the
> > little bulkheads separating the battery boxes and bilge.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > Roger Kingsland
> > Chief Boat Boy, Rubber/Scraper and Check Writer
> > Alberg 30 #148, PERFECT intentions
> > N40°29.2864'  W79°54.2202'
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
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