[Public-List] stern squat

Troy Farlow troyfarlow at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 18 12:49:09 PST 2013 

Testing a "reply" is all.


> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:05:23 -0500
> From: dterrell1 at charter.net
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] stern squat
> 
> Jason and Glenn
> 
> my goal was to get the surface of the tank as clean as possible. I did 
> not sand it the way one would if one was prepping the hull for a paint 
> job. I put on two coats of epoxy - purchased at west marine. It was a 
> long time ago and the discussion I had on the site did not raise large 
> red flags about safety. I had not planned to use the water for drinking 
> - just washing. I did put an inspection port in the cover so I could 
> check for grunge and remove it if necessary. Now I treat the water on an 
> annual basis. There is an in line charcoal filter before the faucet in 
> the galley. It is also easier to fill the tank from the inside than it 
> is from the outside. It is easy to see when the tank is getting full. 
> This was not part of my initial plan but it works anyway.
> 
> It is necessary to take the v-berth apart to do this job. Once the basic 
> structure is pushed into the anchor locker, there is lots of room to 
> work on the project.
> 
> I hope this is helpful.
> 
> David, 432
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Jason S wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Kris Coward                    http://unripe.melon.org/
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