Dear Richard

On my 1980 Baba, the original paint was a medium blue enamel - very durable, with orange primer on the fuel tank in the location you better defined. This blue was also used on all bilge and hull interiors, including cockpit compartment wood work. My surveyor was surprised that a limber hole was fashioned at the low end of the fuel tank bilge; considering this limber hole would allow bilge water to lay in contact with the metal tank.
Indeed, the tank looked to be stainless in contrast to the reported pig iron (I will try a magnet test), specified by TaShing.
 He said I could consider plugging this hole without harm. As it was not current in newer boat construction. Wonder if there was an archaic reason for this design as it is a concern for Baba owners experiencing rusting tanks.
Pam Hooper
Pamarno 80, #88
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From: "Richard B. Emerson" <pavilion@pinefields.com>

> I could be reading way too much between the lines but if the tank looks
> as though it's stainless and it's over the keel and under the cabin sole
> (thus not a water tank), it's probably a replacement (the original was
> painted battleship gray and would show some rust). That suggests other
> things may have been gone over, too - all to the good, I hope.
>
> Cheers,
> Rick Emerson
>
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Received on Fri Sep 8 11:11:55 2006