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lionellopez
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Initially Posted - 11/19/2001 :  14:02:18  Show Profile
Yesterday I spent the day scrubbing down the interior of the 1980 Catalina '25 I recently purchased. I noticed that there are many areas that hold water without draining into the bilge. For example, the floor of the head and V-berth area, the storage loc
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Sam Nelson
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Response Posted - 11/19/2001 :  15:40:21  Show Profile
This isn't a reply to the above questions, but rather a continuation of the questions...
I have an '83 C25 and have been really wondering how best to install and automatic bilge pump. The bilge itself is pretty shallow and I don't find room for one of th
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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 11/19/2001 :  16:30:59  Show Profile
Hi Lionel,
If I understand your question, you are having water puddles building up on the Cabin Sole? If that is true, you have a more important problem to correct than a drain solution. Water brought in by foot traffic is all that should be present. The
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 11/19/2001 :  21:51:15  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
You might be able to drill several limber holes in the areas you need to drain. Be carefull not to drill through or into the hull. I agree with the previous posts however. If you have so much water in the boat that you need it to drain to a common low spo
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 11/19/2001 :  23:19:57  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
Limber Holes (for Lionel)

I drilled a 1/4" hole from every low point of the cabin sole into the bilges. Under the dinette, I interconnected all 3 of the compartments at their lowest points with 1-1/4" PVC. I installed removable end plugs in the PVC p
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frich
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Response Posted - 11/20/2001 :  07:38:22  Show Profile  Visit frich's Homepage
Lionel

On my 84 C25 I too had water in all the areas you mentioned. Since my boat was not in the water for 2 years prior to the sale i doubted it was sea water. After taste testing i confirmed it was rain water. Before drilling any holes I would che
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 11/20/2001 :  09:59:58  Show Profile
Sam - I don't understand your comment regarding the shallow bilge. What rig configuration do you have? On "This Side Up", an '81 TMFK, the bilge (under the floorboards at the center of the cabin sole) is at least 8" deep - and I had no trouble installing
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lionellopez
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Response Posted - 11/20/2001 :  12:29:41  Show Profile
I think I may have falsely alarmed several of you. The water that I mentioned earlier got there because I took a hose to the inside of that boat (it's as clean now as it could ever hope to be!). The boat is actually very dry and I don't know of any leak
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