[C320-list] Fresh water in bilge & emergency tiller deck plate?

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Scott, 

I also have had the emergency deck plate leak and I tried to find a replacement o-ring at several hardware and pool supply houses without success -- so I just greased up the old one with silicone.  Since the boat is on the hard for the summer in FL, I won't know how well it worked until the fall.  

In the process of trying to fix the o-ring, I broke off part of the fwd lip of the deck plate, so I am also interested in the mfgr on a 1995 model? 

Rollie   #182    Charlotte Harbor, FL 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Santangelo" <andrew_santangelo at mac.com> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Cc: "Catalina320.org" <C320-List at Catalina320.org> 
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:30:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Rudder post deck plate 

Scott, 

There are many sources of fresh water in the bilge: 

* Drain from the icebox 
* subtle leak in the fresh water system - hoses, connectors, the tank 
* Hot water heater 

Check all these sources out. 

Best Regards, 
Andrew 
C320 "Dawn Treader" 
#333 


On May 17, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Scott Thompson wrote: 

> I've been aware for some time that the deck plate for the emergency   
> tiller on Surprise is leaking.  Indeed this is the only source of   
> possible fresh water in the bilge that I could identify, when I   
> found the bilge full of fresh water recently.  I cannot find any   
> mark of a manufacturer on the plate.  Does anyone know a source for   
> the gaskets on these somewhat unusual deck plates. 
> 
> Surprise is a 1999 vintage boat.