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

Wed Apr 29 08:07:38 PDT 2020

:)  Cant say that I found pliers.
The first winter when the boat was hauled,
I did find that the port side cockpit scupper ball valve
had what appeared to be a square opening through the
ball in place of the usual round opening. !

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:26 AM Mike Lehman via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> 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
> > > Watcher of the Skies, Ithaca, NY
> > >
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> > Jonathan M Bresler
> > S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
> > Annapolis/Eastport MD
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Jonathan M Bresler
S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
Annapolis/Eastport MD