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Happy D
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Initially Posted - 09/08/2004 :  20:51:59  Show Profile
While working in the Port forward settee, I noticed a little water trickling from under the fiberglass, all the time, like a continuous wet spot. I used my rotary file and ground out a little fiberglass and more water trickled out. I ground this area out some more and reveled a de-laminated channel in the tabbing. I continued grinding this de-laminated area until a gusher of water came out from under the dinette floor.
I cut a hole to access the area under the dinette floor and removed a large load of rotted wood from where your feet would be if you were sitting at the table.
Does anyone know what this wood is there for? Is this plywood used to strengthen the floor or is it a structural member?
1977 SK/SR Dinette Hull #29
1979 ChrisCraft 251
1965 Chris Craft Cutalss
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Dave Laux
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Response Posted - 09/08/2004 :  22:01:15  Show Profile
I'll vote for floor stiffening, but I wonder where the water has come from? Dave
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/08/2004 :  23:56:21  Show Profile
The water could be from a leaking window above the dinette table,with water running down the hull liner to the wood core under the sole--which I didn't know was there. The wood might even contact the hull, which would make a window leak even more likely to get to it.
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Happy D
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Response Posted - 09/09/2004 :  09:13:40  Show Profile
The PO disassembled this boat several years ago. The water is coming in from the lifeline stanchion holes, Genoa track holes and the windows are removed. I have been battling water in this boat since I bought it a year ago. I have had it under cover and no water has entered, but I sure am finding places that it is stored. Under the head was a lot of water and now here, under the dinette. I'm thinking of naming the boat "Water Logged" :-)
The wood that came out of this particular hole was in thin slabs but didn't look like plywood laminates. The wood was smooth on one side but appeared split on the other side. There were not many pieces with smooth sides. Most of it was mush. I pulled it out with a spoon taped to a wood dowel rod.
I thought that maybe Catalina installed a 2x4 stiffener at the edge of the dinette floor. It seemed to be closer to the center line of the boat than towards the outside.
I placed a call to Catalina but haven't received a call back. I'm sure that all the boats in Florida will keep Catalina busy for quite a while.
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deastburn
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Response Posted - 09/10/2004 :  22:06:42  Show Profile
The piece of wood you are referring to sounds like a floor stiffener. It is a (when in good condition) more or less triangular piece of wood tabbed with fiberglass to the inside of the hull, and providing some stiffening to the cabin floor. It is Catalina's (cheap--you get what you pay for) version of a stringer. The 25 still has a pretty stiff hull, but it can be made to "oilcan" when beating in choppy seas.

It also sounds like you need to spend some time with a hose and someone below decks to spot possible sources of water intrusion. Another way to do this is to use a hose-end sprayer (the kind you use to spread liquid ferilizer on your garden) and to fill it with a concentrated mixture of dyed water. The colored water makes it easier to figure out the sources of water intrusion.

Good Luck!
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