Thru hull fittings

[Bad Boy]

C-Squirt,

I believe the reason the side drain hole is not at the bottom is because that's as low as they could go with their drill. If it were my boat, I would drill down through your hull with an oversized bit, fill with epoxy and re-drill to the size drain hole you want. This way, you will not have any standing water in the rode locker.

Your discovery of the lack of protection of the coring with your transom drain plug pretty much says it all for C-Dory's standard operating procedure. You are wise to epoxy the area. Doesn't it seem likely they did the same thing for your water pick-up thru-hull? Maybe you should check that, too?

George

[thataway]

The sides of the C Dory are solid glass. If one needs to remove the drain plug or work on the boat, it is best to go ahead and repair it as above. We also found a void between the transom and the core on the bottom, aft of the c Dory 25 when we were rebuilding it. That was filled with solid glass.

[Fairbanks Fisher]

George,

I didn't think of the drill being the limiting factor for the position of the rode locker drain hole. With all of the fancy drills out there you would think that wouldn't be an issue. I've done a fair amount of work on small aircraft and confined spaces always demanded specialty tools - including drills for minimal clearances.

I am definitely going to remove the washdown water pick-up fitting and seal it if it isn't. I've got time before C-Squirt makes her maiden voyage and I'll use it to bring small dings like this up to snuff. Fortunately, Bob has enabled me to learn something about how to do these fixes the right way.

Knowing that C-Dory is now owned and run by Liquid Marine and not the same folks as when my boat was built, I think we should give them a fair chance to show us what they can do. They seem to be doing the right things in other aspects of running the company. Hopefully that will carry over to detail quality control as well.