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Happy D
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Initially Posted - 01/24/2009 :  17:00:03  Show Profile

Found surfing the internet.

1977 SK/SR Dinette Hull #29
1979 ChrisCraft 251
1965 Chris Craft Cutalss
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  17:04:07  Show Profile
Sad, indeed.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  17:11:23  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Is that a bouyancy bag under the hard top?

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  17:16:30  Show Profile
It looks like it has an inflated bladder inside, under what appears to be a pop top. If so, maybe it's going to be salvaged. Still, we'd all hate to see our "baby" look like that.
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  17:51:39  Show Profile
There's gotta be a good story here! This is what I pray my boat will never look like.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  19:57:12  Show Profile
What we all hope our boats will never look like.
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Happy D
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  20:50:09  Show Profile
It looked to me like it was a screen around the inside of the pop top.
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  21:04:32  Show Profile
<font color="blue"><font size="5"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Some sail boats leak more than others........

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/westadvisor/10001/-1/10001/BilgePumpInstall.htm

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/24/2009 :  22:13:34  Show Profile
Definitely looks like a rubber bladder under the pop-top, and it also looks like the forward hatch has been pried off--perhaps to put some additional bags inside.
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redviking
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Response Posted - 01/25/2009 :  11:37:23  Show Profile
Thru-hull check time! Remember, seacocks should be bedded properly and should not weep. They should open and close easily, give em olive oil as needed. Hoses should be double clamped and should not be hard and cracking. Fortunately a C25 has readily available seacocks, some of mine are actually behind access panels that have to be removed with tools... Holes in the water are what they are...

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 01/25/2009 :  13:56:03  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I think that "buoyancy bag" is a large truck tire inner tube. It looks just like the ones we used to float down rivers on, or sled down hills.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 01/25/2009 :  15:06:32  Show Profile
Hey, that's the Venture from Frank's club!!
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Deric
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Response Posted - 01/25/2009 :  19:53:18  Show Profile
Doesn't look like the boat is at a marina, which makes getting help so much more difficult. Sometimes it takes one bad experience as this to convince the owner to give up sailing. I hope this is not the case.

Deric
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/25/2009 :  21:27:14  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Nautiduck</i>
<br />Hey, that's the Venture from Frank's club!!
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Sorry, but it really looks like a C-25. Regarding thru-hulls here's another case that raises the issue of "to-hulls"--Catalina's approach until about 1982 or so of embedding a threaded bronze pipe into the hull and surrounding it on the inside with a mushroom of epoxy, rather than installing a proper thru-hull that had an external flange to secure it. Over the years, members here have posted some scary stories about these infamous "to-hulls". For anyone with them now, this should be a high-priority upgrade on your list--replace them with proper thru-hulls with an external mushroom, and pair each with a proper ball-valve.
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 01/26/2009 :  19:50:36  Show Profile
that is why I drilled a 1 inch diameter hole in my hull. To let the water out of course. I don't have to worry about sinking now
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 01/26/2009 :  21:34:28  Show Profile
Right on, Frank--the KISS principle!
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Alan Clark
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Response Posted - 01/27/2009 :  21:07:53  Show Profile
Frank, I can come over and HELP you Drill Drain Holes if you wish.. In Fact your competition wanted me to do so! BUT I have resisted so Far! LOL
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