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sholler
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Initially Posted - 06/11/2002 :  21:19:19  Show Profile
I have just purchased a Cataline 25, year 1982. The anchor locker on the fore deck has no drain and water collects in there. The boat was sailed for our first time two days ago and water was seen to drain down the inner surface of the liner at the bow end of the V berth. Has this drain problem been reported in the past and what has been done about it? Is the water that was seen coming from the anchor locker or from some other leak. There were a couple of leak ares defined during the survey at the port chain plate and the adjacent stanchion.



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swarchitect
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Response Posted - 06/11/2002 :  22:04:36  Show Profile  Visit swarchitect's Homepage
I just purchased a 1982 Catalina 25, and as I have going through each portion of the boat, the anchor locker's turn was last weekend. There is a drain in mine, a little hole going through the front of the locker, and straight through the bow. It is small, only about 1/4" round. The previous owner had loosely laid 2 pieces of plywood in the floor of the locker, presumably to protect the "floor" from the anchor or perhaps to reduce sound. It of course had rotted, and the pieces had clogged the hole. I removed the plywood, dredged out the debris, cleared the hole and it now drains fine. The hole is about 3/8" above the "floor" of the anchor locker, so it doesn't drain completly, but well enough I believe.
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Don Hood
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Response Posted - 06/12/2002 :  21:47:45  Show Profile
The chain plate leak is an important one to attend to. (All of them are) My boat sat in a boatyard for eight years before I found her. The entire port bulkhead was rotted out and there were remains of a foot of water below. I got a great deal on the boat and she sails great now. On the chain plates, I made backing plates out of 3/16ths alluminum flat stock to sandwich the bulkheads port and starboard. Check the caulking on those plates regularly.

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Don on Namaste' #1929 swk
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 06/13/2002 :  16:01:59  Show Profile
I once saw an explanation as to why the port upper shroud chainplate is often the most likely to leak, but I don't remember what it was. I do know that the fix is easy... The rectangular frame around the chainplate on the deck has two wood screws that allow it to be lifted on the chainplate, exposing the slot through the deck. Without removing anything else, dig out the old caulk around the chainplate, re-seal with silicone (for maximum flexibility) including the screw holes, and then screw the frame back down gently. Tighten after the silicone has set up.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette "Passage" in SW CT
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jellyfish
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Response Posted - 06/13/2002 :  16:21:19  Show Profile
are you sure there is no drain? look outside for a small hole in the bow of the boat, you may not be able to see it from the inside.
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