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RSHOOTER
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Initially Posted - 05/31/2005 :  08:56:34  Show Profile
My 1999 Catalina C250 WK takes on water in the Cockpit Lockers during a heavy rain or when I wash the boat using a hose and nozzle. It appears this is a major design flaw from the folks at Catalina. The only solution I can determine is to put plastic tubs in the Lockers to keep the contents dry. This inland lake doesn't happen all the time but when it does it is highly irritating. I keep the Locker rain channels clean and clear but they just aren't deep enough to carry away a lot of water. Has anyone found another solution?
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Response Posted - 05/31/2005 :  11:23:41  Show Profile
As is with all the drains on the C250 the boat must be in balance for the drains to work. Is the boat setting basically level when on a trailer or in the water? As far as a hose draining water in the lockers I agree, I clean my cockpit around the lockers and seats with a spray and wipe it off or minimal water usage. You should be able to gauge this with the lockers open and seeing how much water is too much water.
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Response Posted - 05/31/2005 :  13:34:37  Show Profile
In storage the boat is on a slight hill that tilts the drain up hill and of course into the Locker. I plan to cover the boat with a tarp and will try to put some boards under the lee tires. This is what I think Catalina refers to as a "known problem". What's known is that Molds are expensive!! A simple scupper or two would have been just as nice. As far as the boat being in balance that is a near impossibility. I have a 110 lb. Yamaha 9.9 hanging on the Starboard side. I agree with just using the minimal amount of water to clean the drains is best. Otherwise, I will just continue to use plastic tubs to keep things dry in the lockers. Thanks.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 05/31/2005 :  14:47:45  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Roger, the water intrusion can be all but eliminated by adding some weather stripping from the home center to the underside of the lids. I found some about one inch wide and a half inch thick with one side sticky. It is a fairly dense flexible product. I used very small pieces of double side tape to hold it on the lip on the back and sides with none on the outside so that the locker will breath a bit.

Once in place, peal the tape off the sticky side and close the lid. Be sure to clean the lid area with a rag dampened in acetone. Remove the small double sided sticky tape. The project took just a few minutes and has worked very well.
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Response Posted - 05/31/2005 :  15:15:17  Show Profile
Arlyn, so basically what you do is prevent water from entering the Channel? You do it on the back and sides and it stays stuck and functional? Very interesting.
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Response Posted - 05/31/2005 :  17:47:59  Show Profile
I have used Arlyn's technique for several years and also found it to work. I keep a sponge in the aft section of the locker to soak up whatever little water does get in.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 06/01/2005 :  07:46:37  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
To clarify, the weather stripping doesn't prevent water from entering the gutters...it keeps it from flowing over the gutter lip into the locker.

I can do a tech tip on this one with pics, but in the past I've been hesitant to do so on ideas that weren't mine. I wish I could remember who first offered this tip so that proper credit could be given. As Steve said, the tip was given several years ago.
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RSHOOTER
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Response Posted - 06/01/2005 :  15:36:21  Show Profile
Arlyn, I would greatly appreciate some visual aids as I'm having a little trouble following your instructions. Does the foam strip fold over the edge of the lid or stick to the sides of the Channel which is not part of the lid? If the foam tape is self sticking how is the double sided stick tape used? I understand the principle at least!!!
I'm just not getting the installation part. Thanks.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 06/02/2005 :  07:22:44  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Roger, lets try words one more time...then I will shoot a picture of the inside of the locker lid. The weather stripping tape ends up stuck flat to the undersurface of the lid. The sticky tape or little round rolls of masking tape or whatever... are just to keep the stripping in place long enough to bring the lid down and adhere it to the proper location on the lid.
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RSHOOTER
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Response Posted - 06/02/2005 :  07:52:08  Show Profile
Ok, Arlyn I think I've got it. The Foam Tape ends up sticking to the edge of the lip on the Boat side edge of the opening and not the edge of the lid? Is that correct? I tend to be a visual person so it takes me a while!!
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