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This was my first year with this boat and had a problem late in the summer. Boat went in the water in May and had a little water in the bilge (discoverd the pump was broken so hard to evacuate)nothing I would consider unusual. Towards the latter part of the summer after not being on the boat for about three weeks I went aboard and found the bilge full up to the covering board. Got it out but it refilled about halfway again the remainder fo the season. Any ideas where it may have been filling from especially having not done so most of the summer? My scuppers were clogged but there was only a small amount of water in the cockpit. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Most people can tell if the water is rain water or water from the hull, salt water is obvious but so is most lake water. Which is it? Swing or fin? Many cabin leaks? Many bugs? What is the typical rain storm like, gentle or horizontal? What is your hull number? Any after market vents?
I am on a lake but it was hard to tell if it was lake water or rainwater. I have a swing keel. I looked all over for signs of a leak but found none except for a little water that apperaed to come in the hatch. Since there wa snone onthe cokp[it sole I gfigured itwasnt' from there. I have a solar vent on the cabin top, few bugs, rain is usually mild, but there were some thundrestorms up there in august. My hull number is 2096 and this was a well kept boat that the previous owner had redone some thing exceptionlly well. MIke
Mike, I found that my 1989 had water standing in the bilge. Eventually found that it was comming in through the hatch board air passage. Had about 2-3" in bilge that would be left after electric bilge pump would cut off. Problem solved by using about one foot of automobile heater hose (5/8 inch)and slicing it from end to end. Placed this over the lip of the 2nd hatch board. Works great. Keeps rain water out and still has room for some ventilation. Go inside your cabin, put the hatch boards in place and see how large you air vent passage really is. If it looks like rain can leak or blow in, give this a try. Works for me. Good luck, Bill
Mike, there are a million ways water gets in. I'd second the rainwater theory, another good area is the rubrail. Followed closely by the deck hardware, the hatchboards, the forward hatch, the windows the deck hardware and the deck hardware.
If you had a hole in the bottom of the boat it would not have stayed afloat at the dock.
Another prime suspect is the cockpit scuppers. On my boat, if the windows, rub rails, companionway boards, and a number of other things leak, that water can't get to the central bilge. But a leak at the scuppers (I'm about to make another thread on that) runs down the centerline of the hull to the bilge. If your scuppers are clogged and there was very little water in the cockpit, it might lead you to wonder where it went--possibly through the sole around the scuppers and down to the bilge. But I don't have the scuppers in the sole--mine are in the transom--so I don't know the exact setup.
When I first got my boat I would have leaks every time I washed it.Try removing everything stored inside,give your boat a good blast then go look for the leak.Some leaks wont show themselves until after several hours of rain,then try to be in your boat on a rainy day .
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