Wet Newbies Pirateer
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:25 pm
First I'd like to say greetings to all and I'm glad I found you.
I just aquired a C-13 and after improvising on some missing hardware and consulting the online manual I took it out for the maiden voyage and learned a lot more about it! The serial# is VVV10371M81E, I assume the year is 81. My 13 year old son and I first noticed the self bailer works more like a self filler and I'm not sure where the water gets in the inner hull. The gasket on the bailer looks and feels pretty good but I haven't taken it apart yet. There are some stress cracks in the fiberglass in the rear corners of the cockpit. There is only one drain plug in the hull, none in the cockpit.
Any suggestions for keeping the water out would be greatly appreciated, after I get past that I'll probably have a lot of rigging questions. I don't have much sailing experience, just the time I rented a Sunfish about 37 years ago!
I just aquired a C-13 and after improvising on some missing hardware and consulting the online manual I took it out for the maiden voyage and learned a lot more about it! The serial# is VVV10371M81E, I assume the year is 81. My 13 year old son and I first noticed the self bailer works more like a self filler and I'm not sure where the water gets in the inner hull. The gasket on the bailer looks and feels pretty good but I haven't taken it apart yet. There are some stress cracks in the fiberglass in the rear corners of the cockpit. There is only one drain plug in the hull, none in the cockpit.
Any suggestions for keeping the water out would be greatly appreciated, after I get past that I'll probably have a lot of rigging questions. I don't have much sailing experience, just the time I rented a Sunfish about 37 years ago!