[C320-list] Winter fuel surprise

[Rick Sulewski]

Bruce,
Removing the cabin sole may depend on your 320 model....on my 1995 boat,
hull #277, I can remove the wooden sole by simply removing the ss screws to
gain access to a port just aft of the bilge pump well that provides access
to any liquids that may accumulate between the hull and the liner. I went so
far as to make some additional cuts to the cabin sole above the hidden
access port and secured those shorter sole boards with ss screws.  I may now
check the hidden access port without having to remove the larger cabin sole
boards.  With successive changes to the bilge configuration on later models
I am not clear if that access port to the hull below the liner is still
available.
Rick

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Subject: [C320-list] Winter fuel surprise

How do you remove the cabin sole to get access to the area between the liner
and the hull?  There are gaps around the drain holes that go between the
bilge compartments on our boat.  I'd like to seal off those cracks but
wondered if there might be water between the liner and the hull and want to
first remove it before sealing.  How can I check this and drain any water
that might be there?

 

Bruce Stumpp

#647, Adventure

Frog Mortar Creek      

 

 

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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:22:00 -0400

From: "Rick Sulewski" <rsulewski at bex.net>

To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>

Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winter fuel surprise

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Marko,

You may want to consider removing the cabin sole and try removing the
remaining fuel that may be trapped between the liner and the hull with a
shop vac. Until you are certain that all fuel is  purged from under the
liner you may not know how much more is available to leak into the bilge
area if your bilge leaks to and from the area below the liner and bilge
liner.

 

I have found that both Dawn and Simple Green do a good job when cleaning up
fuel.

Rick

C320 1995 My-Ria Hull 277