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

[Allan Field]

Dave - I doubt very much that water is coming in around the rub rail.
Catalina uses a shoebox design to affix the deck to the hull (I have a .pdf
article on this if interested).  Water would need to go up, across, then
down before it would get in.  I would start with rebedding the stanchions
then move to the genoa track.  You might try spraying water around one
stanchion at a time to see if water comes in.  Tape off the downstream
stanchion bases as you work on the upstream ones while trying to isolate the
leak.

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

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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