I’m new to the forum but not to sailing. Started on a Snark in 1977, raced on a Tartan 30 (including few Port Huron to Mackinaw races), 10 years on a wind surfer on Lake Erie, 40 years on a Buccaneer, and currently have twin Lasers for match racing. I may be wrong but I see the Nonsuch as a big Laser with a windsurfing boom. I read thru a lot of forum content regarding the boat sailing characteristics and have convinced myself that it is the direction I want to go after spending a decent amount of time working the foredeck on the Tartan.
As an engineer I tend to be detailed oriented with a focus on function over form. This is my first question to the group.
I am looking at a Nonsuch 30U that exhibits a weeping keel joint. I watch the excellent presentation “Nonsuch Luck keel re-bed” and think I already know the answer. Do the pictures below indicate the need to re-bed this particular boats keel especially with the witness marks at the same positions on both sides. This boat has a wet dirty bilge without an automatic bilge pump. The boat was found to be otherwise dry after a couple of days of heavy rain.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t see your name in your posts when I open and read them. Might I suggest that you put a signature at the end like most of us do. That weeping, by the way, has been brought up on this discussion list more then once and if you go to our website, you can look it up. My recollection is that it’s not a serious problem.
Joe Valinoti
S/V iL Gatto NS30U #221
Sea Harbour YC
Oriental, NC USA
PS – I started out with a Snark also
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I decided to have the keel on Nonsuch Luck re-bedded as I was fed up with having one to two inches of seawater in the bilge. I admit it was probably more of an aesthetic thing rather than a safety must-do. Once the keel was removed I was surprised that the sealant used by the manufacturer (Hinterhoeller) was quite thin, brittle and easy to scrape off both surfaces. Other sealants used elsewhere on the boat are still quite pliable.
This was an expensive job but I’m well pleased with the result of a nice clean and dry bilge.
Bob Illingworth
Nonsuch Luck 30U #367 (GBR1262T)
Moored Brightlingsea, UK, cruising the rivers of East Anglia and the North Sea.
