http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/ San Juan 24 Owner/Enthusiast Forum Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:08:10 GMT gc138@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16192 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16192 Bear - Yes, you're right, epoxy is best for repairs. Lots of people don't know how or want to mess with it so I sometimes suggest Bondo which is ok for a fill Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:38:45 GMT bear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16191 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16191 yes my name is bear! i also think bondo would work fine i just use epoxy and when i did my repair job it was for a shattered rudder post from the previous Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:33:12 GMT gc138@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16190 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16190 John - (I'm guessing that's your name - you don't sign your posts) You are making a big mountain out of a little mole hill. Get some Bondo and patch the cracks Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:23:30 GMT bear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16189 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16189 i used to have the scupper problems with water coming up when motoring and had to cork them that sucks to cuz you sometimes forget to take them out and leave Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:55:35 GMT john waclawski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16188 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16188 thank you very much for the photos, they cleared up the discussions on access to the scuppers and gave good visual of what the stern looks like inside. I Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:47:10 GMT mitchelldranow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16187 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16187 If I remove the interior starboard side counter, sink, and draws and install a settee in its and and if I do not remove or otherwise interfere with the Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:43:58 GMT bear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16186 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16186 sorry it took so long but here are the pics. in the photo area. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:16:12 GMT gc138@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16185 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16185 On my boat the hose you see running through the port side of the boat is from a hand bilge pump mounted on the cockpit deck but the other end is mounted to a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:12:37 GMT gc138@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16184 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16184 Bill - I didn't mean that you had sealed off the seat of the lazarette but I thought I read that you had walled off the sides of the inside lazarette space to Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:20:36 GMT bear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16183 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16183 the bilge is the area just above the keel and the pump is mounted on the cockpit floor all the way forward and by the companionway Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:19:17 GMT William "Bill" Sims http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16182 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16182 George and Group, I haven't sealed off the rear lazerette--all I did was put weatherstripping on the bottom edges of the lazerette hatch. The lazerette is too Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:40:08 GMT michael1312001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16181 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16181 On my boat that is the bilge. Am I crazy? I have a hose running there, connected to a manual bilge pump. Sure, I need to rebed some hardware to get my boat Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:12:02 GMT bear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16180 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16180 the hatch I'm talking of i got at west marine its about 10"x 20" i think and the bulkhead is there. there is a wall the separates the aft lazaret from the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:43:03 GMT michael1312001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16179 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16179 Rather than a hatch, a deck plate would be quite cheap and much easier to install. Maybe that is what was meant. Here is an example: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:51:33 GMT john waclawski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16178 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJ-24/message/16178 thank you for the idea and a way to check the scuppers and rudder post. However,i cannot visualize where to put the hatch or how big it should be or where to