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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Tank notes Posted By: Bob Frak 2023C Marquette Mi. Date: 4/10/08 8:13p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: The tank will be damp, anyway, due to residual water in the tank. (Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee) Hello Gary I sent an e-mail to the factory asking about the repairs they make when boats are returned for tank repairs. I'll post the reply. We don’t have a standard method of repair. It depends on exactly what needs to be done. When we cut open the cabin sole, we think of the best way to close it back up so it looks as original as possible. Aft of the centerboard trunk, we sometimes install an inspection port in the hole, since that area is a flotation tank. Forward, in the water tank area, we usually put the pieces back into place. I have attached drawings that might be helpful. Tom W. D. Schock Corp. 23125 Temescal Canyon Rd. Corona, CA 92883 Phone: 951-277-3377 Fax: 951-277-4104 Web site: www.wdschock.com So nothing new there. The drawings are the original, not to scale, free hand diagrams with notes for construction. If you would like to see them I could e-mail them to you. From what I saw it's not recommended to use treated wood. The treatment does help repel water but it doesn't bond as well. The advantage of cutting out the biggest section of floor that you can is that you have less to do upside down. How do you think they modified the tank fill/drain valve without opening the floor? Or did they open the floor and just coat the tank and not glass it? I guess you'll see it when you open it up. Bob 2023C Alegria

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Bummer! My 2023 WB tank has not been 'glassed! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/10/08 12:15p.m.

Bummer Dude -- Bob Frak -- 4/10/08 12:50p.m.

The tank will be damp, anyway, due to residual water in the tank. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/10/08 1:00p.m.

 Tank notes  -- Bob Frak 2023C Marquette Mi. -- 4/10/08 8:13p.m.

the drawings -- Paul Germain -- 4/10/08 9:21p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:02p.m.

Text -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:06p.m.

Text 2 -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:07p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:08p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:10p.m.

awesome drawings, a treasure trove -- Paul Germain -- 4/12/08 12:23a.m.

thanks for posting! -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:32p.m.

Well, Bob, a couple of things. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 8:55a.m.

mast support -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 11:55a.m.

Damn, what an incredible job Tom did! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 4:13p.m.

Not to butt in.... -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 9:36p.m.

And then I read... -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 9:45p.m.

But me no but's, brother! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:17a.m.

like Frank said, always use hardner -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 9:55p.m.

Alternative Ballast Tank Coating -- Tom, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 4/12/08 5:30p.m.

Good, God, Tom, that stuff sounds incredible! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 9:10a.m.

Seth, found an old ZIP file from a couple years back. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 9:05p.m.

no glass on the bottom -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 9:50p.m.

mast support -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:04p.m.

Mast support materal -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:28p.m.

That would work. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:25a.m.

Seth, you wrote: -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:22a.m.

rear bulkhead -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:18p.m.

I feel your pain. It'd break my heart, it leaking after all that work. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:30a.m.