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dacc
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Initially Posted - 06/08/2012 :  21:22:46  Show Profile
Hello Board,

I'm about to put a new flexible water tank / bladder in my boat, and want to cut out this divider in the starboard locker. The edges of the wood don't even meet the hull, so it doesn't seem like it could possibly be structural, but I thought I'd double check with you all.

Thinking a grinding disk on a dremel would quickly take off the thin layer of glass sticking it to the hull.

Cheers!

- Dan
"Windhorse" 1978 Catalina 25
Std Rig, Swing Keel, Pop Top
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iwillnotsubmit
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Response Posted - 06/09/2012 :  03:42:34  Show Profile
Hello Dan, It is not structural. It just holds the water tank in place on my boat. I removed it with a 1/2" chisel and hammer. After the tank was replaced, I used fiberglass cloth and epoxy to reattach the divider.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/10/2012 :  13:48:57  Show Profile
Funny - I guess each boat is a little different but I was able to wriggle the tank out of the space without having to remove the spacer. I pulled up on the forward edge, got that around some wires and hoses, then pulled out the forward end and slid out the aft end. I had to disconnect the tubes by removing the hose clamps, then wiggled the hoses off.
Once I was donecleaning it out, I had to reverse the process to reinstall it
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 06/10/2012 :  14:31:54  Show Profile
Can you tell me about the flexible water bladder that you are using?
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 06/12/2012 :  16:58:47  Show Profile
Is this the divider under the settee? On my boat, it separates the water holding tank area from the battery box area. The first summer after I bought the boat, we had a catastrophic failure of the water tank and the water from the tank flooded the bilge, but the battery area stayed dry. It seems like if it wasn't there, the water could have filled up that compartment and reached the battery terminals before draining into the bilge. So that divider is part of a dry "battery box" on my boat.

I dont' see batteries behind it in your photo, so maybe they are located elsewhere and it doesn't matter on your boat.
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dacc
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Response Posted - 06/12/2012 :  23:21:17  Show Profile
@iwillnotsubmit Thanks for the advice, I followed it to the letter; the chisel was the perfect tool, and then I just taped the frayed fiberglass edges with Gorilla tape.

@sethp001 My battery is one more compartment aft still than the two forward. I assume it's always been that way as there's a little platform glassed into the hull for the battery.

@awetmore After some research I bought one of these bladders:

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|51|87367|315191& id=159100

Here's a picture of it laying in the compartment:



Still have yet to fill it, so we'll see what the capacity in there will be like.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/12/2012 :  23:45:34  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Here's the fixed link: [url="http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|51|87367|315191&id=159100"]Nauta Flexible Fresh Water Tank[/url]
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