Plastic Classic Forum

Thanks for that. My guess is that the capacity will be at least 40 gals. Hope you come back later after filling it and tell us the actual capacity. Looks like a good size for the boat. Normally it won't be an issue but you don't have to fill it all the way when concerned about trim or carrying all ...

Great to know, thanks.

Thanks for the great information Atom. Appreciate it very much. I will post pictures of the progress. Couple more questions for you: 1) When removing the tiller, is there any fear of losing the rudder or something slipping down and away? The boat is in the water so I'd hope not to have something lik...

Cockpit sole, especially around where the rudder shaft comes through, has become increasingly squishy over the last couple of years. I saw the video Atom did of re-coring a cockpit sole on a CD27, and he glued a sheet of plywood to the underside of the sole to stiffen it up and keep it flat before c...

I added the charcoal filter and the water coming out tastes great now. No hint of anything other than water. Thanks.

Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure I mixed everything correctly although I may have put coats a little on the thicker side. Not sure if that matters though. I'll get that charcoal filter and see if that eliminates the weird taste. I'm using the 5 micron filter (not charcoal) at the moment. Also wi...

Hello, last week I finally put some water in the tank and closed the ports. Today I went to the boat and opened the tank fill to put some more water in there and gave it a sniff---smelled pretty strong in there, of Bar Rust. Put my arm in and felt around, everything feels hard, fully cured. I had al...

Thanks you all for the great, practical information. Very helpful. Glad to hear I don't need to install a sprayer. Less stuff to break.

Thanks, that's very helpful. That switch would definitely ease my worries. But I may just go ahead and keep things as they are and see if any problems arise. somehow I don't think a millisecond of being connected could possibly be an issue but maybe I'm very wrong.

Currently my anchor locker drains down underneath the integral water tank via a PVC pipe I glassed into the bottom of the hull. I'm worried that over time all the mud will build up in the bilge and clog up the bilge pump Other than washing the dirty anchor rode prior to feeding it into the locker do...

I have a Cape Dory 27 and I'm currently changing the house battery to Lithium, but keeping the AGM starting battery. I'm looking to change as little as possible about the current standard wiring configuration. My plan is to never combine the two batteries. I'll hardwire the alternator to only charge...

I was planning to replace my stock faucet which has a built in pumping mechanism with the Whale GP0418 Flipper Pump Mk 4 Hand-Operated Galley Water Pump

I have not purchased it yet. I wonder if it has enough suction go pull the water through the filter. Any experience with that unit?

Many thanks for the information.

Here's what my tank looks like right now, before bedding the lid.

Question for Atomvoyager: you mentioned in your article that you washed the Bar Rust with detergent after it was cured and ready for finalizing. What detergent did you use? Can I use a normal household clothes washing detergent? Also, do you have a product link for the inline filter you use between ...

I've made the new lid with the 1/4' g10, and reinforced it with some 1/2' I had laying around, so this lid will never flex when crawling over the v-berth on your knees. I've chosen to use a standard stainless water deckfill fitting, that'll go into the hole in the middle. I think this will solve my ...

I will definitely return with the information about how much water it holds, some final pics, etc.

Here are the dimensions of the tank in the CD27, in inches:

fore and aft length -26.5
height of center aft - 23
height of center forward - 14
width of top aft - 56
width or top forward - 32

I'll grab the dimensions next time I'm up at the boat, in a day or two. Yes, I still have not installed the lid. Currently I've got one coat of Bar Rust on the tank and 3 coats on the lid. The lid does seem to be hardening slowly after I put it next to a space heater for 8 hours. I'll continue that ...

Great idea to use 1/4 G10 board ! That will be much easier to shape and work with and I'll bet plenty strong. I may just go ahead and get that going because ever since I got the 10' Beckson port and noticed it flexes a bit I assume it's probably going to leak. I edited my post above so you should be...

Thanks for the tips about Bar Rust curing. It has been lower temps here so I'll put a space heater near it and see if that speeds up the process. The original water tank in my CD27 was a 24-gal plastic tank which was cradled by the liner. Between the liner and the hull was quite a lot of empty space...

Hello everyone, I've made a integral water tank using divinycell. I'm now at the stage of painting it with Bar Rust. The final coat I rolled on kinda thick and several days later I can still indent it with my fingernail. I remember previous coats dried almost rock hard. Did I do something wrong or d...