i am going south in my cd25 and i think i have too much gear aboard.i got rid of some so that the cockpit isn't flooding through the drains,but i am curious as to what the freeboard is supposed to be.can anybody give me a safe minimum in inches,say,amidships?there are a bunch of old waterlines under the old bottom paint,a range of about six inches.should any water come through the drains when the boat heels?how much water should be in the engine well?am i,in fact sinking?
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sinking feeling
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Jeff Funston
Re: sinking feeling
I measured mine tonight and I only have 2 1/2 inches down to water in cockpit drain line and I have my motor out for repair and only a couple of gallons of gas. I could see if you had a lot of heavy stuff in the boat you would need a teak grate in cockpit to keep your feet dry.
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George Duffie
Re: sinking feeling
<<<should any water come through the drains when the boat heels?how much water should be in the engine well?am i,in fact sinking? >>>>
I am wondering if you have too much weight in the engine compartment? I think that a lot of CD 25 owners who have replaced the original designed engine size of @ 6 hp with 9.9 long shaft/ sail models which weigh nearly 100 pounds + one or two six gallon tanks have created a potentially serious stability problem. I realize that many cd 25's run this configuration, which may be ok in protected waters but place the transom too far down in a big seaway. That is why you will see may of these boats having to deal with water washing into the engine well and cockpit.
One other thing which can be done to reduce the amount of flooding though the cockpit scuppers is to actually reverse (or cross) them, leading the starboard scupper to the port side drain, etc. This way, when heeled well over, the lower scupper is piped to the upper one.
As to the issue of the "too much weight" in the engine compartment, Ihave even seen some skippers of CD 25's who were guilty of actually closing the ball valves on their scuppers when taking on more than one or two passengers.....
One other corrective can be to add weight in the bow, such as keeping the water tank filled, etc.
This is my 2 cents worth
georgemary2@cconnect.net
I am wondering if you have too much weight in the engine compartment? I think that a lot of CD 25 owners who have replaced the original designed engine size of @ 6 hp with 9.9 long shaft/ sail models which weigh nearly 100 pounds + one or two six gallon tanks have created a potentially serious stability problem. I realize that many cd 25's run this configuration, which may be ok in protected waters but place the transom too far down in a big seaway. That is why you will see may of these boats having to deal with water washing into the engine well and cockpit.
One other thing which can be done to reduce the amount of flooding though the cockpit scuppers is to actually reverse (or cross) them, leading the starboard scupper to the port side drain, etc. This way, when heeled well over, the lower scupper is piped to the upper one.
As to the issue of the "too much weight" in the engine compartment, Ihave even seen some skippers of CD 25's who were guilty of actually closing the ball valves on their scuppers when taking on more than one or two passengers.....
One other corrective can be to add weight in the bow, such as keeping the water tank filled, etc.
This is my 2 cents worth
georgemary2@cconnect.net