New CP-16 Owner

[Glen Radford]

Hello Folks,

Just picked up a 16 that appears to be in fairly good shape in Milwaukee, WI.  I look forward to the advice as I buff, reseal, and make a few upgrades between now and spring. 

[shamblin]

an able craft. 8-)

[Bob23]

Hey Glen and welcome!
   Best to you and your 16..any names yet? Keep us posted on the upgrades and improvements. There is a wealth of info here on the 16's as well as all the other Compacs. Even though I sail a wonderful 1985 23, I'm still on the lookout for a 16 as a trailer sailer boat. My wife seems to think I have too many boats. But that can't be true because there's always room for "just one more"!
bob23

[Glen Radford]

No name yet.   Assembling necessary items for USCG approval for Lake Michigan, repairing a delaminating tiller handle and preparign for a new varnishing, and a cover for the winter.  On a Tartan 10 team in Milwaukee, and needing to deal with pulling and weatherizing that boat first.  I am looking forward to trailering up to Sturgeon Bay next summer, and maybe Smith Mountian Lake, VA to visit family next fall.  She has good bones and am looking forward to making her shine again.  Cheers.

[Tim Gardner]

Glen,

I live at SML on the Roanoke River arm of the lake.  Let me know when you bring your mighty ship here & we'll have a mini-voo.

TG

[Salty19]

Welcome Glen. Sounds like she'll be a beauty come spring

[skip1930]

Glen: " On a Tartan 10 team in Milwaukee, and needing to deal with pulling and weatherizing that boat first. " That would not be the Tartan 10 Stars and Stripes would it? One of the fellows in our United States Power and Sail boat club crewed on Stars and Stripes in the Mac race. His name is Bob DeNoto. Your CP-16, did you find it in a private sale or from a marina/broker? 'Inquiring minds need to know'.

skip.

[Glen Radford]

Glen: " On a Tartan 10 team in Milwaukee, and needing to deal with pulling and weatherizing that boat first. " That would not be the Tartan 10 Stars and Stripes would it? One of the fellows in our United States Power and Sail boat club crewed on Stars and Stripes in the Mac race. His name is Bob DeNoto. Your CP-16, did you find it in a private sale or from a marina/broker? 'Inquiring minds need to know'.

skip.
I have been sailing on the T-10 Bacchus since 2003, which proves I am a slow learner a I chose to purchase a boat.  The 16 was a private purchase for very little money. 

After reading about the infamous leaking keel, I decided to take a close look at my boat more closely.  It looks like I got one for no additional charge.  I crawled under the trailer this afternoon and found a deposit on the bottom of the keel similar to what you might see under a concrete bridge where the rain leaks through.  I scratched off the early stages of stalactite to find a broken gel coat over a roughly 6" linear area.  I plan to head back tomorrow and drill several holes along the bottom of the keel and use a 1" hole saw to add one in the top of the keel below the companionway.  The goal is to drain and dry what I can before the winter freeze sets in so it will be ready for work in the spring.  If I get lucky and find a vacant heated garage this winter, I'll start earlier.  The adventure begins.

[Glen Radford]

Glen,

I live at SML on the Roanoke River arm of the lake.  Let me know when you bring your mighty ship here & we'll have a mini-voo.

TG

Will do.  I am a big fan of the infamous Franklin County moonshine.

[skip1930]

Wait. The wholes are probably already drilled. One inch?? Kind of big. A 6th of the way across the bottom of the keel?

Anyway, why not just clean the 6 inch scratch up and fill and seal it with Marine-Tex?

I saw-cut a 6mm aluminum plate a 'KEEL-BOOT' and glued that with Marine-Tex to the bottom of my keel on the CP-19 three seasons ago. Now I bounce over the rocks without chipping and opening up the 'gel coat'.

I think that you'll be surprised at how little the cement turning to concrete has absorbed water. It's certainly not saturated. Not sitting on a trailer while waiting to be purchased.

skip.

[Glen Radford]

I drilled about 5 holes along the base of the keel within the existing crack in the gel coat.  It allowed water to drip out, but not a river.  I also hit hard concrete, so that was a very positive note.  The boat was in the water at Oconomowoc Lake when I purchased it, so it has only been on the trailer since the week after Labor Day.

Skip, I had seen your listing about the aluminum plate, and that makes sense.  We used to add a thick fiberglass pad to the pointy end of our canoes for whitewater as there was always a rock waiting to leave a mark.   If I hope to sail around your parts next sumer, I better do one or the other.

In the mean time, the tiller handle had not been varnished for a few years and was delaminating, so that has been sanded reassembled.  I got the third coat of varnish on tonight.  I made some simple cradles out of 2x4's to hold the mast for trailering and storage for the winter before the Packer/Brewer games Sunday.