[C320-list] C320-List Digest, Vol 98, Issue 2

[Jeff Church]

Dave,

Here's a long shot. Does one of your stanchions have a vent hole at the 
base? Catalina used to vent the holding tank thru the stanchion. I don't 
think they do that anymore, but if they are still using the vented 
stanchion, maybe water could get in under the right circumstances?

Jeff


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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320-List Digest, Vol 98, Issue 2


> Water where it should not be - UPDATE
>
> Thanks to Ernesto and the associated rain, I have discovered that the 
> source
> of my water is from above and not from the water tank or stuffing box 
> drip.
> Went down to check the boat and discovered water in the Storage 
> Compartment
> next to the hanging locker in the aft cabin had standing water in  it. I 
> can
> see a trickle of water coming down from somewhere above. I started 
> searching
> for the source but ran into one road block after. Based on what I can  see 
> it
> looks like the source could be the mid-ship cleat, holding tank pump-out, 
> or a
> possibility it being the rub-rail where the scupper drains water off  of 
> the
> starboard side of the deck. When I first got the boat in 2004 it listed 
> to
> port a couple of degrees, so no water ever collected on the rail on the
> starboard side. Last year Catalina added some weight on the starboard side 
> and  now
> the boat sits flat. Any hints on gaining access to the starboard side hull 
> in
> the aft-cabin are appreciated.
>
> Dave Marchant
> C320 - #983
> Solomons,MD