I recently bought a '76 cat 22 as it was the only way to get a mooring in a marina I have long wanted a spot in. It is so popular moorings only come open when someone dies or if you buy a boat for sale on an existing mooring. I got a low price on it and the boat seems to be in decent enough shape. My goal is to sail her for 3 years or so then upgrade. The two major problems I observed so far are
- an area of spongy deck with some wood rot
- and water infiltration into the fiberglass near the volcano where the scuppers drain.
I am confident I can deal with the deck soft spot easily enough. The water infiltration I noticed today when drilling 2 holes on either side of the volcano for thru hulls I am installing to replace the faulty brass nipple for the sink and scupper drains. As soon as I drilled through the first layer of glass for the thru hull (from the inside) water came out...not much but I could push on the floor and see more coming out. I am going to keep the holes open for a while to air it out then install the thru hulls. I don't want to spend the money or time to fix the water infiltration as it would cost way more than what I paid for the boat itself.
The outside hull seems fine when I sound it and there are no blisters. Do you think I could sail her for a 2 years or so with an unknown amount of rot in the hull core? Again, the outer hull is rock solid. Has anyone sailed with a partially waterlogged cat 22 hull?
Thanks.
- an area of spongy deck with some wood rot
- and water infiltration into the fiberglass near the volcano where the scuppers drain.
I am confident I can deal with the deck soft spot easily enough. The water infiltration I noticed today when drilling 2 holes on either side of the volcano for thru hulls I am installing to replace the faulty brass nipple for the sink and scupper drains. As soon as I drilled through the first layer of glass for the thru hull (from the inside) water came out...not much but I could push on the floor and see more coming out. I am going to keep the holes open for a while to air it out then install the thru hulls. I don't want to spend the money or time to fix the water infiltration as it would cost way more than what I paid for the boat itself.
The outside hull seems fine when I sound it and there are no blisters. Do you think I could sail her for a 2 years or so with an unknown amount of rot in the hull core? Again, the outer hull is rock solid. Has anyone sailed with a partially waterlogged cat 22 hull?
Thanks.