Dave - i have the A model of course - so giving you my uninformed opinion....
1) did you clean the boat with some stuff? maybe it is residual?
2) does the icebox drain in the bilge - any foul stuff in there?
3) stuffing box?
4) leaky aft keel bolt?
5) water tank?
Your hypothesis might be correct - 15 degree off level seems like a lot - but then again in any decent seaway under sail, you'd be hobby horsing 10-15%.
Regarding the cabin sole they must be screwed in - in looking at this photo:
if you took off the boards that go up the pan liner where the seating area is located, you might see some access screws for the cabin sole. so hopefully no sawzall.
btw - i really love the B model layout. it is much more practical (with the nav station, etc), and the interior is much nicer looking...
good luck!
Rick
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--- In s227classassociation@..., "uswa174" <uswa174@...> wrote:
All season so far, I have had a "mystery goo" ooze down into the bilge from the aft end of the boat. The goo seems to be a mix of diesel, motor oil, and water. Definitely has a diesel/oily smell, is pinkish-yellow, and it doesn't mix with water. I get maybe a half cup or so over the course of a week. I cannot find ANY leaks from the engine or fuel tank. In fact, the area under the raw-water cooled 1GM10 engine is clean and dry, as are the aft cockpit lazarettes.
The only explanation I can come up with is that there is a pool of this goo in a bilge compartment under the non-removable floorboards that are aft of the accessible bilge (that is, forward of the steps and left of the head door), and that it's been there since I bought the boat in 2008. When I launched this spring, the yard lifted my boat a bit by the stern first. I'd say that the boat was about 10-15 degrees up by the stern before they leveled out the lift. Perhaps when the yard lifted the boat, the goo sloshed out of the bilge compartment that had contained it, and is now oozing down into the bilge. What do you all think of this hypothesis?
This issue is the reason for my previous post asking whether there are other model "B" owners in this Yahoo group. Our bilge configuration is different from the earlier boats (see bilge photos in the Photo section), but I am uncertain what's under the floorboards. I don't want to take a Sawzall to the floorboards to find out.
Thanks.
