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CC Rider
Joined: 19 Nov 2013
Posts: 164
City/Region: Tsawwassen
State or Province: BC
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 23 Venture
Vessel Name: CC Rider
Photos: CC Rider
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| Quote: | | Have you had any water intrusion issues under the floor? if so has it ever caused any other damage? wet core etc? |
Yes, I have had water under the cabin floor and the cockpit floor.
I had minimal core damage in the cabin floor mostly caused by the screw penetrations of the L brackets that hold down the plywood cabinet dividers and the water tank frame. Thanks to this site, I learned how to repair these - over-drilling holes, routing out the balsa, re-filling with epoxy, then using fiberglass fillets to re-attach the dividers and water tank frame.
I have mostly solved the water-under-the-floor issue by re-sealing the joint between the cockpit floor and the cabin bulkhead, removing and glassing in the factory foam injection holes located on the cockpit deck and also on the cabin bulkhead just below the door. They were originally "plugged" with the plastic plugs from the factory.
I have also removed the windlass, V-berth hatch, and the 2 aft sponson covers and re-installed. (Replaced the 2 aft covers). The worst damage was under the anchor windlass and the V-berth hatch, the damage extended to about 2-3 inches horizontally. Now filled with thickened epoxy.
Oh, and also cut an inspection port in the floor of the cabin near the door so I could keep an eye on the issue. So far (fingers crossed), no more water other than condensation.
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geodans
Joined: 21 Sep 2024
Posts: 21
City/Region: wASHOUGAL
State or Province: WA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you! That's very helpful as I continue my search for another CC unicorn or 23 Venture.
The biggest question would be how to identify and address issues deeper under the floor and possibly in the hull and transom if this had been a chronic unresolved issue in an older boat?
Maybe the best course of action would be a pay now for a newer boat as opposed to pay later, maybe even more, by purchasing an older boat that might require major reconstruction due to neglected water issues under the floor, and elsewhere. |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 21469
City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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| Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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We need to keep in mind, with all of the cored boats, that the sev ere problem is the exception, not the rule. in the 5 C Dorys I have owned non had major core issues, except the first 25 which had been badly abused, and the price reflected the damage. It had a cockpit floor badly delaminated--and a hole in it. The boat had been left out in the NJ ice and snow for 2 winters, with no cover or shrink wrap. Water had pooled on the deck and in the boat (but hull was fine)--then someone jumped into the cockpit---and. big hole.
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Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
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