[C320-list] Dry Bilge

[Allan Field]

To eliminate one source of a wet bilge - overflowing water tanks - apply
from Home Depot some Hercules Real-Tuff Teflon Paste Thread Sealant.  Presto
- no more leaking.

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of crashley at gte.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:26 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Dry Bilge

Good for you. I too have a PSS shaft and my bilge still isn't dry. Between a
leaky water tank (when it's full), opening the knotmeter every once in a
while to clean it (lets in a bit of seawater), and some other msyterious
sources, I've given up on a dry bilge.

CRA
Rosebud #882

>From: "Richard A. Walker" <dickwalker at att.net>
>Date: 2006/08/29 Tue PM 02:37:05 CDT
>To: 'C320-List' <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Dry Bilge

>You would have a dry bilge if you had the dripless shaft seal.  WindWalker
>II has be dry for 7 years.
>
>Cheers,
> 
>Dick Walker
>C-320 (687) WindWalker II
>740 Olive Ave.
>Coronado, CA 92118-2136
>619.435.8986
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Detrick, David (GE
>Comm Fin)
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:18 AM
>To: c320-list at catalina320.com
>Subject: [C320-list] Dry Bilge
>
>My C320 was built in 2005 and continually has a 1/2" deep pool of water
>in the bilge that can't be pumped out.
>
>(1) Is this due primarily to refer drainage into the bilge, (2) is there
>anything that this will hurt over a period of time, and (3) I have seen
>people on this site extol the virtues of a dry bilge--what are those?
>
>Thanks