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I had water in the bilge coming from the rear of the keel . It must have grounded at some time and the glass was very thin there. I found the leak when the boat was on the trailer and there was a wet spot that was weeping. That was a quick fix. I also had water on the sole that was coming in through ...

Interesting boat, I see similarities to the C26. Rudder looks the same, keel also. Does it have a 2 piece iron shoe at the toe of the stub keel containing the pin for the swing keel? Ballast was a concrete/ lead buckshot mix on the C26. Is that damage at the rear of the fixed keel? C26 hull was not ...

I agree with brigadoon, caulking there is fine for fairing but not likely to stop any water intrusion. Where does your water show up? Just in the bilge? Or is it appearing on the floor beside the keel trunk?

another fix would be to modify the base of the gin pole to straddle the mast. It could be held in place with velcro straps or ratchet straps. This is a very common practice and works well. I use a dedicated gin pole on my 26 but it doesn't get set in place until all lines are in place to support it ...

Here's a pic of the area in question. You can see how little room there is down there with the aft end of the keel trunk. I have a little Rule pump (seen on the left side) that sits down there mounted on an aluminum plate to keep it in place.

https://goo.gl/photos/A79eEXeadVTyc1MK8

take a good look at the keel trunk, looks like something's going on there. check for cracking at rear of trunk indicating a dropped keel - repairable.
looks like the sole has been opened up into the bilge.
keel weighs 900lb., can be awkward to move around

can't expect much for $750., if it was ...

my 26 has no genoa tracks, I use snatch blocks attached to the toerail. works fine

Chrysler did a goofy thing with some of those plywood backed areas, they didn't use enough resin/glass to keep water out - they used just enough to keep water in! Some areas would have been better left with no plywood backing at all.

first thing that comes to mind is fuel pump

Cool pics - did you have any issues getting the bolts out of the keel shoe ?

I always wonder about the nuts to receive the bolts, and where they are - guess they dropped something like a plate in place before they did the ballast pour or something..


First bolt I tried wouldn't move, in fact I ...

yeah, 45degrees would have been nice, I had my doubts about the way I did it but I wanted to keep the whole beam between the posts clear for hoisting and to go to 45 degrees on the outside would have required longer beams.

Before loading the rig, the fore and aft was rock solid, but sideways had ...

changed the link to a public one, we'll see how that works.
Clicking on the 'i' in the top right of each photo gets you some info

https://goo.gl/photos/j6DzavYjubHui1oQ9

took some pics of the frames I built to lift my 26 along with pics of dropping the keel to facilitate repair of the keel trunk after a hard grounding (in my driveway- don't ask!)

Have you seen this one in 'for sale'?


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Almost forgot -actually I did forget or I wouldn't be posting again!

Lifelines ARE real handy for hanging fenders from!

Took mine off to do the through deck holes properly. I have left them off so far and sailed with them off in September. Moving around is easier, especially leaving the cockpit - that first one is in a terrible place and I often found myself losing balance when trying to step passed it!

It seems to ...

The part in question is known as a reefing claw :

http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIT/useful_skills_of_all_kinds/Reefing/Ken_Jensen_on_Roll_Reefing.html

This pic shows mainsheet run as per the video -

http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=7489

I would tie off the halyards to the ...

It's for a mid boom sheet attachment for boom roller reefing. Boom end attachment was more common, but that would depend on where the main sheet track or eye was located in relation to the boom.

Well . . just watched your video and the good news is with that much water staying inside you should have no problem keeping the lake outside!!!

All kidding aside, you've got some work to do - clean up will make a big difference and leaks should be easy to find !! Galley is junk, I tore mine out ...

Hmm, looks like a different mast all right. What type of slug does the main sail have?

The mast base will need work, stress cracking indicates possible compression post failure too.

Not hard stuff, just dig out the soft stuff and beef her up!

Hard to tell from the pics about the mast. Anything I can make out looks like the original. The 'fitting' to use the boom (or anything else) as a gin pole is just a 1/2" hole in the forward edge of the mast baseplate.
No hook? Oh, that's a real easy 'modification' to make, just underestimate the ...

Welcome! She doesn't look too bad, especially at that price! If you can buff up the topsides that would pretty her up nice. Some newer upholstery in the cabin can be seen. Good luck, and as usual - take lots of pics!

Does anyone have a definitive answer to this question? I'm too far from a scale to do a loaded and then unloaded weight comparison, regretfully I've never even done a loaded measurement!

I know the brochure weight is 5000# but those figures are often inaccurate.

My trailer is rated at 6800# and I ...

My boat's weight is carried exclusively by the keel trunk. To keep the height down I laminated 2x4s on edge leaving a ~3" slot for the swing keel to fit in. The keel cable is then relaxed allowing that weight to be carried by a steel crossbeam covered with HDPE.
4 adjustable pads keep the boat ...

It's pretty brief, but at 2:05 you can catch 'Messing About' resting on her mooring.

http://www.rci.com/RCI/prelogin/rciTV.do

click on the menu in the video:
"US/Canada"
"Canada"
"Elkhorn Resort (#1080)"

hoo boy, forgot the link - thanks for posting it!

very original '77 C26, looks like it's had some good owners. outboard bracket looks a little weak maybe. no trailer

Yeah, make the frame of coloured Lexan - even better! Great idea, I've been putting off doing any more portlights because of the questionable results of the first one! Thanks again!

I posted the link because I didn't want to register. I just searched your topic subject including the website and ...