Re: Bilge Wash (was check list)

JBlumhorst@aol.com
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:18:35 EDT


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In a message dated 6/1/99 9:02:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, sfoshee@yahoo.com
writes:

> Also, what is in the closed compartment directly under
> the cockpit floor? I assume foam floatation, but
> don't know for sure.

Hi Scott et al,

On my 1985 #266 P19, there is no floor to the cabin liner. You stand right
on the inside of the hull. There used to be a 1/2" gap right on the
centerline between the wall of that closed compartment (no longer there, I
glassed it in to make it watertight at the same time I sealed my "skeg keel"
bilge with fiberglass) and you could see into it. There was indeed styrofoam
in there on my boat.

I don't know about the other model years, but it seems to me that it's a good
bet there's foam in there.

Best,
Judy B

Judith Blumhorst, DC
HMS18/P19 Fleet Cap'n, Potters Yachters
1985 WWP19 #266 Redwing, Force 5 #7951 and #1333,
And a pile of windsurfing gear.
Sailing on SF Bay, CA
(5-35 knot winds, 2-4' chop, 2-6' swells, and currents up to 6 knots)
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