My 1988 #461 is like that!
> Also, I'd be very curious to hear a description of your bilge. My boat
> doesn't seem to have much of one. There is a low spot just aft of the CB
> trunk where any water collects.
Yep!
>Starting 3" aft of the CB trunk,
> there is a
> 12" wide horizontal layer of fiberglass 1/2 inch above the v in the hull.
Mine doesn't have that.
> There's a little vertical opening between the fibergalss layer
> and the hull.
> This layer goes all the way aft to the foam under the cockpit.
> The water can
> collect under the layer, and runs forward when you lower the bow using the
> trailer tongue jack (or go down the face of a wave). Then I mop it up if
> there is any. There is no drain plug in the skeg keel or anywhere else
> providing an opening into the bilge.
Mine neither. I understand later boats have a drain. I'm pretty happy to
have a minimum of holes below the waterline.
> This seems like a bizzare design to me, and I want to do
> something to change
> it.
You want to change EVERYTHING on your P19 don't you? :) You're worse than
the folks who own Sassea.. :) Leave it alone, go sailing, and see if it is a
problem to be solved. Put a strip of cheap weatherstripping around the top
of the centerboard trunk. It doesn't SEEM like it will help, but it will go
a long way towards eliminating the collection of water inside while
underway.
I've thought of putting a bilge bump in the very bottom of the rectangular
part of the keel at the transom beneath where the cockpit drains.