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[Barbara Uhlman]

We sometimes leave a trail of clean paper towel squares laying flat.  Next time on the boat, check the paper towels for a sign of moisture having been there.  There will be marks in the paper towels.  Follow the towels with moisture marks.  (Our first boat leaked everywhere topside.)

Barb Uhlman
Whisper, #1158

--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [C320-list] (no subject)
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 7:13 PM
> OK, I have a problem I can't fathom.
> I'm having about 2 gal. of water show
> up on the starboard side under the holding tank. I can't
> find the source. I
> pump it out with a manual pump and it returns, always about
> the same amount.
> 
> 
> Those with the newer bilge design won't understand this
> post. The older
> models have a very different bilge design.
> 
> The water is clear other than the sandy dirt that
> apparently washes out from
> the original construction debris. I thought it must have
> come from the fresh
> water system; but, now I'm not so sure. 
> 
> The area around the holding tank is punctuated by a number
> of conduits for
> wires and hoses. There appears to be no other way for water
> to get into this
> area. In looking around for water, there is none showing
> under the head,
> very little under the galley, none under the port water
> tank, and none in
> the bilge spaces aft of the fwd water tank. It seems to
> only appear after a
> strong sail in 10-25kt winds where we get a decent heel.
> I've pulled the
> center section of cabin sole over the keel bolts to find
> some dampness but
> nothing to indicate a real flow of water.  I'm
> considering putting food
> coloring in the water tanks to see if that is the source. I
> can find no
> other standing water in the bilge areas. 
> 
> Has anyone had this condition or have any ideas about how I
> might proceed?
> 
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
> 
> 
>