Design Flaw or Quirk o' My Boat?

[Calendrû]

Rainwater collects in the aft corners of my cockpit seats. Is this just something I have to manually sweep into the scupper or have you all come up with some elegant way to avoid stagnant cockpit pools? Thanks for any suggestions.</SPAN>

 

[McGinnis]

A few options...

You could either keep sweeping the water out, move to a place that rains less, install drains or fair the corners so they're no longer the low spot.

I would vote on fairing but I love playing with epoxy.

 

[Mark F]

Hi Calendru,

What model and year boat do you have?

 

[Calendrû]

Hi Mark,

I have a rescued 1969 E-26.

 

[Calendrû]

Hi McGinnis,

O epoxy guru, any suggestions on how to fair the corners and maintain comfortable seating? Moving's out and my scupper is overloaded as it is with a bilge pump hose T'd into it. I'm curious why the E26 was designed with those water collection points. Anybody else have this problem?

 

[Greg Ross]

Trim

Any "stuff" in the lazerettes you can live without or possibly consider storing somewhere "mid-ships"
Getting weight out of the ends has a bunch of benifits one of which would be a dryer cockpit for you!

 

[Calendrû]

Good point, Greg. I have a 25 lb anchor, 20' of chain and 300' of rode in the port cockpit locker ... hmmm. I have space in the nose of the V berth, but no handy opening in the forward deck, at least not yet. Anyone have ideas about creating a chain locker where there was none before?

Thanks.