Alan
You will find this when you get back from sailing, but as Im still online....
Yes moisture was detected below the opening ports. As yet I have not done this in-water task as I have the boat in the yard currently. A floating neighbor of mine with a Fuji32 has just completed this task with cutting what appeared to be 5200 sealant with a sharpened butter knife. However another trick is to use old guitar or banjo string to cleave the old sealant from the port frames. (his are aluminum, just to illustrate the quality of differences in construction by CheoyLee. if he had split the frame, he would have had to find someone locally, to cast a new one.$$$) He mentioned the value of the CheoyLee owners EMail site to aid him with this project.
Thanks for your reply regarding the Baba lineage.
 Hooray! We don't have hurricanes here, just ice storms{:-[
Pam Hooper
Pamarno 80',#88
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From: Alan Sugarman <sugarman@sugarlaw.com>

> At 02:23 PM 9/8/2006, you wrote:
> >Alan
> >Just one note before I go down to wash the Baba.
> >Did I mis speak about the lineage between the Baba and Tayana. Would
> >Tashiba be the mother mold for my little Baba? I had a Tayana T-37
> >MK11, named GRACE, on my mind, as she is presently for sale by
> >friends here in Bellingham.(no brokers-please)
>
> The Tayana was also designed by Bob Perry - it was not built by
> TaShing - which is a big difference. I also believe, but am not
> sure, that it was manufactured in more than one yard.
>
> The quality of the Baba's is consistenlty high - I have never heard
> of a lemon Baba 30. I have heard of Tayana's that had problems early on.
>
> Another double ender is the Vailiant 40 and 32 and I like to think
> that the Baba 30 was Perry's next one design to provide something
> seaworthy and in the 30 foot size. The Valiant 32 never really took off.
>
>
> >Regarding the opening ports: It was recommended, by the surveyor,
> >that they be removed,a check made for the condition of cabin
> >reinforcements and resealed. High moisture readings were detected on
> >the sides of cabin both port and starbd.
>
> I guess if you wish - but, I am not sure who else has done this. I
> have never had a leak problem or heard of one. - but if you had
> moisture around them, it does seem like a good idea. Did you find
> any moisture there??
>
> >Pam Hooper
> >
> >
> >-------------- Original message --------------
> >From: Alan Sugarman
> >
> > > At 01:17 PM 9/8/2006, Pam wrote:
> > > > >Rebedding of teak deck
> > > > >Rebedding of ports
> > >
> > >
> > > To avoid confusion, I would not suggest need of rebedding the entire
> > > deck - just removing the caulking, new plugs and sanding deck --
> > >
> > > Moreover, I did not rebed the port frames - I just put in new rubber
> > > gaskets around the opening port.
> > >
> > > And, Pam is correct about rebuilding the mounting for the Dorade boxes ...
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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