[Public-List] stern squat

[Jason S]

I am in the process of doing the same thing. My entire berth had to com off
to remove lid. Once lid is off sanding and cleaning is easy. I am about to
buy a quart of FDA approved epoxy to coat tank and lid. It might be over
kill but its only 60 bucks.....better safe than sorry. I have a thread on
plastic classic forum under projects(search cruiser2b) Has a ton of photos.
I can email them to you directly if you'd like, Hope that helps.

Jason
Svsalacia.blogspot.com
Alberg 30 #457
On Feb 17, 2013 9:26 PM, "Glennb" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hey David,
>
> I looked into my tank today, estimating how to rejuvenate it for potable
> water.  The interior appears to be glossy finished gel coat but with
> decades of black staining from algae and chemicals/salts etc in the water.
>  Also the last gallon area in the bottom of the tank is blackish- green
> from gunge.  The top and edge surfaces are hard to impossible to reach.
>
> How much surface prep did you do to your tank prior to coating with epoxy?
>  Iam thinking a good sanding is in order, which will entail cutting a
> largish access hatch in the top and glassing it back in afterwards... How
> muchof this work is necessary before coating with epoxy?  Also how many
> coats of epoxy did you use?
>
> Thanks
> Glenn B
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 17, 2013, at 6:15 PM, David Terrell <dterrell1 at charter.net> wrote:
>
> > I replaced the water tank lid as Mike suggested and recoated the tank
> with Epoxy as George suggested - no leaks at all for a lot of years. It was
> a simple process. I provided George with photographs of the replacement of
> the water tank lid. They are available on the web site
> >
> > When I got the boat it had some chain in the v-berth under the
> triangular piece of wood flooring.  It is hard to imagine that that small
> amount of chain would do much to bring the bow down. I have no idea if it
> has any effect, but I am tempted to take it out and see what happens.
> >
> > I have assumed that filling the water tank was important for trim. I
> have thought that the weight of the of the A 4 and the gas tank just about
> balanced the weight of the water tank and the full holding tank. Was this
> Carl's genius at work or was it just luck? I would like to think Carl knew
> what he was doing, but am more than ready to be corrected by those who know
> more than I do.
> >
> > When the hull was painted, the boot stripe was redone to fit with the
> way the boat floated in the water - based on prior photographs.  It looks
> good or, better, right.
> >
> > David, 432, Scholarship
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Glennb wrote:
> >
> >> The lazaratte in a small boat is mostly designed for bouyancy,  but
> particularly on an A30 is a great place to store big round fenders and
> docklines, etc.  I also keep a five gal rubber bucket and a small two
> burner SS BBQ there as they are bulky and interfere with getting at the
> sailing gear in  the cockpit lockers.   I installed a couple of small eyes
> with light line woven through to tie the BBQ tight against the bulkhead so
> it  doesnt flail around and hurt my selfsteering and other stuff.  Works
> great.
> >>
> >> BTW, most of the offshore sailing rules on the pacific coast require
> all hatches and cockpit covers to be secured while underway.   I Adopted
> the old fashioned method of installing eye bolts through the deck on all
> four sides of the front and rear hatch, and on the sides of the cockpit
> walls. Then tie the hatches down with line woven from the eyes  across the
> hatch, or in the case of the cockpit lockers through for and aft holes in
> the locker seats down to the eye bolt. works great!  Doesnt cost much.
> >>
> >> Glenn Dolce 318
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> On Feb 16, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 07:41:17PM -0700, Jeremy Brown wrote:
> >>>> Ok, I'm stumped now.   What's good to store there?
> >>>
> >>> Lifejackets, heaving line, cushions and pillows, fenders.. basically
> >>> anything that's really light.
> >>>
> >>>> Is there a ballpark figure for ok amount of weight back there?
> >>>
> >>> About none. Fortunately, there are still plenty of things needed on a
> >>> boat that weigh about nothing..
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Kris
> >>>
> >>> --
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