"Lester Evans" wrote in message
news:VEO2g.2473$Qe.2144@trndny09...
My soon to be new/old boat is a C&C 30 sloop rigged sailboat. The boat
was
built in 1974, or 73. Anyway,, it is OLD.

Everything looks pretty sweet but after reading your posts and learning
;;;
I have concerns.

The keel; the C&C 30 of that era has a fin type keel, and the keel is
attached to the hull. From what I can figure the keel is lead. The
forward
lower part of the keel shows signs of groundings. Looks like the keel
bumped into a few things .. can't say what. There are dents, or gouges.
The paint covering the keel is flaking. I was able to remove lots of
paint
with my swiss arny knife. It looks like the seam at the hull is tight but
the line where the keel and hull meet is evident.

What covering should go on this type of keel? From the flakes of paint,
it
looks like a build up of old paint and something under the paint, maybe
gelcoat.
It is not just paint...

My plan is to sand, scrape, peel, sand, fill, sand, ,,, but what about
then.

Should I cover the keel with some type of epoxy? Then paint?

What about the keel joint?

The hull, the fiberglass part, looks really good. No blister, etc. There
is one very thin layer of bottom paint.

The boat didn't go in the water last summer, what does that do to the
bottom
paints, etc

Any C&C 30 owners out there;;;; please email. I will call you.

Lester ,,, the future sailor.



All you need to do to the keel is strip off the old paint and reapply
anti-fouling. What is currently on there may not look like anti-fouling but
after 30 years you can build up so much anti-fouling of different types that
it can look like anything.

The keel-to-hull joint is always visible on these boats. If the filler is
intact and you don't have water seeping out everything is fine. I doubt you
can tighten the keel bolts, couldn't on my boats, but you can try.

Why anyone would want to put epoxy on a lead keel I can't imagine?? Is it
going to blister or corrode?? I don't think so.

Same goes for the hull. If it has no blisters after 30 years it is not
going to blister. Waste of time, effort and money.

Your biggest headaches are likely to be leaky portlights, gunk in the fuel
tank and minimal/outdated electrical systems.

Its a good old boat though and you will have just as much fun sailing as
anyone else.
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