Pooling near winches

[J. P. Smith]

I am the fairly recent new owner of a '79 CD25 and have standing water pooling just below my bronze winch pads. The deck slants amidship so the toerail bails seem to be useless at the dock. I could drill small holes in the teak combings to allow the water to drain into the cockpit scuppers, but that seems a bit extreme... any thoughts?

Thanks in advance



artd@mindspring.com

[Richard G]

Do not drill holes in the combings. You will wind up with a wet bottom when you ship water while sailing. Not sure why the water is not running down to the toe rail. Perhaps someone else can help you with that.



Aldajon@aol.com

[chuck yahrling]

I am the fairly recent new owner of a '79 CD25 and have standing water pooling just below my bronze winch pads. The deck slants amidship so the toerail bails seem to be useless at the dock. I could drill small holes in the teak combings to allow the water to drain into the cockpit scuppers, but that seems a bit extreme... any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

Richard;

From your description, it sounds like you have a minor problem that I've noticed on a lot of CDs. On my CD-27, I fixed the problem by adding another scupper on each side, thus allowing the water in the low spots by the winches to drain. Although I have taken great pains to get the boat on an even keel, it still needed the extra scuppers. In fact, I relieved the existing scuppers a fair bit as there was a lot of bedding compund and varnish from previous maintenance that had reduced them to barely useful condition.

You can add scuppers by carefully drilling a pilot hole through the toe rail (easier done from outside the boat) and then carefully routing it out with a dremel moto-tool or similar hand tool and wood bit. With patience, yours will match the factory scuppers, and probably nobody but you will ever notice. Be sure to pick a spot that will miss any fasteners that go through the toe rail.



yahrling@cybertours.com

[Larry DeMers]

This is usually a problem with the vessel being a bit too heavy in the rear..most CD's are for somereason..but not all. TO correct this problem, we added sand bags (the type used for extra weight in the back of pick-ups in the winter-available from a hardware store usually) to the area under the vberth..this is on our CD30. It flattened the boat right out and now the scuppers actually work as designed!
Closely check your waterline and see if your bow isn't a bit higher than the stern. Add the extra weight (cheap fix..for 4 bags we paid all of $6.00!) and then check it out for drainage. I'll bet the problem will be fixed!

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30

I am the fairly recent new owner of a '79 CD25 and have standing water pooling just below my bronze winch pads. The deck slants amidship so the toerail bails seem to be useless at the dock. I could drill small holes in the teak combings to allow the water to drain into the cockpit scuppers, but that seems a bit extreme... any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

demers@sgi.com

[Jim Hollister]

I am the fairly recent new owner of a '79 CD25 and have standing water pooling just below my bronze winch pads. The deck slants amidship so the toerail bails seem to be useless at the dock. I could drill small holes in the teak combings to allow the water to drain into the cockpit scuppers, but that seems a bit extreme... any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

Yes, it is a problem on the CD25s I've seen, including the one I had for four years.

I did drill a small (1/8th" or 1/4") hole in each combing toward the forward end of the coming, just even with the deck, and I'm glad I did. The toe rail scuppers are great when the boat is heeled on that side, but I'd rather risk a wet butt (part of sailing) than have the water standing there after every rain storm. The delaminated deck (near winches) that I replaced was caused by such standing water getting into cracks by gelcoat and stanchions.

Everything is a trade-off.

Jim Hollister



jjhollister@excel.net