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- Tue Jul 12, 2016 5:57 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Lifting from trailer
- Replies: 4
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Re: Lifting from trailer
My boat stays in a marina on a pontoon mooring all year and gets a lift out via boatyard crane for its annual antifoul rather like a larger yacht. They place it on large blocks beneath skeg and just in front of the keel with shores beneath the four "corners" of the boat. It is high enough for the ...
- Tue Jul 12, 2016 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water in the bilges
- Replies: 5
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Re: Water in the bilges
My boat always has some water between the skins and when I haul out for the annual antifoul I drill 3 or 4 holes to the underside of the hull adjacent to the keel slot and up to half a bucket has been known to run out! Good for ballast but not so good for the glass fibre I think! I do of course fill ...