[Public-List] Odd hole in the forward battery area

[Daniel Sternglass]

Hello A30 people,

By way of installing the rear battery in my (older design) A-30 today, I 
noticed a _small circular ___vertical hole_, roughly 0.5"D __is doing on 
the bottom of the rear battery region__, forward near the battery's 
forward bulkhead_. I never noticed that hole until now. 10 or more years 
ago I coated the battery comportment floors and forward with epoxy 
putty. I must not have have noticed it at that time.

If this typical? I'd like to understand what would happen if water runs 
enters or exits into the area below the battery floor that it sits on. 
My first instinct is to fill this small hole, but the hole looks 
deliberate. Maybe there is a lower path to the bilge? Currently, my 
float switch is low in the battery compartment. I have seen water in 
there a few times for various reasons. I certainty don't want to disturb 
any iron in the keel, but the boat has been fine for all the time I've 
had it, and as far as I know this has not been a problem.

Thanks,

--Dan Sternglass
Watcher of the Skies, Ithaca, NY

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