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Alanhoe
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Initially Posted - 12/17/2001 :  10:23:36  Show Profile
Rainwater is getting into “Don’t Know Jack”; I can’t see any obvious holes or cracks in the deck or hull. The amount of water is quite concerning for if “Jack” was in the water, this may have been enough to cause problems. All summer we had it in the wate
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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 12/17/2001 :  11:13:38  Show Profile
I had a similar problem with my boat. First where is your water building up? That may lead you to a specific area. But what I ended up doing was closing myself up in the cabin and I had my wife run a garden hose on the deck while I watched below. The area
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andy p
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Response Posted - 12/17/2001 :  13:21:40  Show Profile
Any joint is a candidate - from the anchor drain in the bow to the cockpit drains in the transom and all the deck harware in between, not to mention the cabin-top, windows, hatches, and the entire 50+ feet of deck/hull connection. It's a little like pla
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 12/17/2001 :  13:30:39  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
Here is my idea. It works qite well. Get some sidewalk chalk. The big sticks like the kids use to draw on the driveway with. Draw a perimiter line around the inside of your boat. Inside the cabin / liner and also in the hull where you have access. Where e
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Bruce Chilton
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Response Posted - 12/17/2001 :  17:05:53  Show Profile
Take a look at my 11/7/2001 post entitled, "An Infallible Leak Finder"
I had tried many of the leak finder methods posted on this board to no avail. Believe me, the method posted on my 1/7 message really works well and is, I believe, definitive.
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