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

[Mike Lehman]

Jonathan,

Wow! you found a lot of stuff in the bilge! did you find any pliers? 😁

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 9:51 PM Jonathan Bresler via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Dan,
>
> The following is from Constance #262.  Our boats should not be too
> different.  Appears that both were built in 1967.
>
> The forward end of the forward battery compartment has a semi-circular hole
> that allows the area forward of that and
> below the cabin sole to drain into the forward battery compartment.
>
> The forward end of the aft battery compartment has a semi-circular hole
> that allows the area forward battery compartment
> to drain into the aft battery compartment.
>
> Both battery compartments are built of sit in a thick "tray" glassed into
> the hull.  The tray has a wooden divider between the
> forward and aft battery compartments and a wooden divider between the aft
> battery compartment and the bilge under the
> engine.
>
> My notes, from about 14 months ago, indicate that there is a hole in the
> bottom surface of the aft battery area.
> That hole is 2-1/2" forward of the aft "bulkhead" that separate the aft
> battery area from the open bilge under the engine.
> Under the battery area, the tray, is open space. From the underside of that
> hole in the aft battery tray to the bottom
> of the empty space is 14-5/8".
>
> The empty space under the forward battery area, measured from a hole in the
> bottom 5-1/2" forward of the divider
> between the forward and the aft battery areas, is 11-5/8" deep.
>
> When I first got Constance, in 2015, I pulled an number of items out of the
> bilge, glasses, screwdriver, D cell battery
> that had opened up in the wet, nuts, etc.   Some of the items were located
> forward of the divider between the bilge
> under the engine and the empty space under the aft battery compartment.
> The divider does not go all the way to the
> bottom, but stops a couple inches short of the bottom, so that I can just
> reach down while lying on the cabin sole, and
> reach forward under the divider with a few fingers to fish stuff out.
>
> Have the idea that someday, I'll glass into the bottom of the boat from the
> chain locker to these empty spaces a half section
> of PVC pipe to allow the anchor chain to be stored in this empty area.
> Have not ripped out the water tank in the v-berth
> so this remains a figment of my imagination.  Would need to build a bit of
> raised floor in the area between the head and
> the hanging locker, as well as, figure out a way to be able to deal with
> any chain snagging down in there.  Perhaps removable
> panels in the bottom of the battery areas, or Beckson deck plates.  The
> bottom of each battery box is more than wide enough
> for a deck plate.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jonathan
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 8:15 PM Daniel Sternglass via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
> > 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
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> >
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> Jonathan M Bresler
> S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
> Annapolis/Eastport MD
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