TYPHOON HEEL

[GEORGE LOESEL]

One windy day recently I took out several passangers for a fun spin on an inland lake in Michigan. The boat was overpowered for the wind by virtue of having the main and the working jib both close sheeted in the strong winds. We took one puff that brought water over the teak rail which in turn filled the bilge by letting water run through the seat hatches. From this experience I've learned several things.

1. Put sealing tape under the seat hatched in the event of a maximum heal due to a strong puff.
2. Leave a bit more freeboard to allow for those puffs.

Question??????? Whats the max you've ever done in this boat before you've gotten into trouble? Has anyone ever taken enough water to be in danger of sinking ?




GLOESEL@CONCENTRIC .NET

[Al Levesque]

1. Put sealing tape under the seat hatched ...

Like you, we have too often taken water in over the coaming in our Typhoon, and previously in our CD25. In the Typhoon, we chose to seal the seat locker hatches permanently and are in the process of enlarging our drains in the cockpit. In the CD25, we used a foam packing under the covers whenever we expected to get wet.

We have never been in the position where we stayed down long enough to get more that the nuisance soaking. We now have a CD33 which only seems to get splashes over the coaming and additionally has the seat drains that can handle that amount.



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