J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Dewatering Aft Bilge - Need Advice

Brief qualification (after several long rants in this thread - I type very quickly):

I tend to write with an 'authoritative' tone about all this (bad habit). Don't be fooled into trusting my judgement, or anyone else's for that matter, over your own investigation and experience.

Check with the class measurer before doing anything. I'm less concerned about one design considerations since my boat really is in rough shape and I don't have reasonable alternatives to my approach that will result in a safe vessel. I'm going to build this repair right - I'll document and share it with a measurer if we decide to race one design, but I'm not going to rebuild it with the same design weaknesses that it came from the factory with. The boat won't be lighter (If anything heavier) or manifest any changes to hull shape or handling, so I'll take my chances after the fact.

If you're a serious class racer, you should tread carefully and get class measurer approval prior to any modifications - especially that 12ft carbon bowsprit and bulb keel any of you might be planning on tacking on!