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[John Boor]

> 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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