[C320-list] Water in Bilge and Keel Bolts

[Pat Moriarty]

I had the rear water tank fitting break at the 90 
elbow under the fuel filter and shifter cable, 
what a pain to replace and why did an American 
company Catalina use 15mm fittings?

Pat
SEXUAL HEELING #130At 07:10 AM 6/1/2006, you wrote:
>The 'Whale' water fittings used on earlier 
>C320's are prone to crack or break 
>under  pressure. I've had three such instances. 
>In each case we were motoring or sailing and 
>didn't know the break had caused the water pump 
>to completely empty one (or both) tanks into the 
>bilge. This happened with both fittings under 
>the head sink and one fitting at the stern shower.
>
>Peter Clancy
>AROBAN  C#20  3222
>Miami, FL
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>----- Original Message -----
>   From: Dave Sparks<mailto:dlsparks at gmail.com>
>   To: C320-List<mailto:C320-List at catalina320.com>
>   Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:50 AM
>   Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water in Bilge and Keel Bolts
>
>
>   Have you eliminated the possibility that this 
> is water from the water tanks.
>   Recently, I had a lot of water in the bilge 
> and, to make a long story short,
>   finally discovered that this did not occur unless the water pressure switch
>   was on. In my case, the source was a loose 
> connection on the cold water line
>   to the faucet in the head. This slow leak emptied both water tanks over the
>   course of a couple of days.
>      Dave Sparks
>      En Passant - # 933
>
>
>   On 5/31/06, Charles Greenwell 
> <CGreenwell at sparusa.com<mailto:CGreenwell at sparusa.com>> wrote:
>   >
>   > I have a 2000 model.  For years I pride myself for always having a dry
>   > bilge.  I went for a sail this weekend and 
> upon returning noticed a lot of
>   > water in the bilge (about 8 inches).  The bilge pump was no pumping it
>   > out.  The pump would run but it was not 
> pumping the water so, using a hose I
>   > shot water into the line to prime the pump and behold
. It was now
>   > working.  I pumped all the water out and dried out the bilge.
>   >
>   > The next day I looked in the bilge and it had about 3 inches of water in
>   > it, just shy of the point where the float 
> would turn the pump on.  I hit the
>   > manual switch pump switch and pumped it out and dried it out again.  This
>   > time a made sure all of the sides flowing 
> in to the bilge were also dry.  I
>   > removed the sole plates forward and aft of 
> the bilge and also ensured they
>   > were dry.  This way I could find out where the water is coming from.
>   >
>   > Today, I have more water in the bilge.  I checked the forward and aft
>   > areas that feed it to see were it was 
> coming from.  They are both completely
>   > dry, from the speedo aft and the engine 
> compartment forward.. I checked the
>   > sides of the bilge under the sole and they too were dry.
>   >
>   > This means that the only way water could get into the bilge is from the
>   > keel. The boat was on the hard for the 
> winter.  This was the first time it
>   > had been out of the water for that long of 
> a period.  I saw no evidence of
>   > any cracks or other problems around the keel or bottom before it was
>   > launched.  The bilge stayed dry for the 2 weeks it was in the water after
>   > launching.
>   >
>   > Is it possible that the keel is leaking around the bolts?  Do these bolts
>   > ever need to be tightened?  Should I have checked them prior to launching
>   > the boat? Am I over looking another source of water?
>   >
>   > Randy
>   > Le Bijou ­ Hull 719
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