[C320-list] head odors

[Jeff Hare]

When the boat has been sitting for a while, and I unscrew the engine raw water filter to clean it,  my crew is ready to grab the ditch bag and jump. 

-Jeff
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From: jim brown <jbrown5093 at yahoo.com>
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I was going to the next time I get there. I wonder if some of the coliform 
bacteria seep back into the inlet hose with pumping and set up the smell that I 
get when first flushed after sitting for a week or 2. Doesn't seem to be the 
water in my case. Boat was on Lake Ontario for 4 years and had the same odor 
with fresh water, the Neuse in Oriental NC is certainly brackish and a little 
salty and supports salt water fish and shellfish. 


Jim Brown




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From: Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com>
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Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 1:33:05 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] head odors

Try that with Ocean water.  Your neighbors will be running for the hills when 
you open one of those.  ;)

-Jeff
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I light of the discussion on head odors, which my boat has, I decided to do a 
little experiment. I took clean liter bottles and filled them with the Neuse 
River water mentioned by Chris Burti. In one I squeezed out all the air 
(anerobic bottle), in another I left a little air, and in the third I left a lot 

of air. Put them in a black garbage bag and left them outdoors in the shade 
(temps over 90 like the inside of my boat!). After 4 weeks no odor in any of 
them. Results may bolster the Burti theory of fresh water vs brackish water not 
making a difference. Bottles recapped and will check next month. 


Jim Brown




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From: Pat Ireland <cherie320 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 10:21:13 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] OK now its personal - Lewmar hatch leaks

Yes

Dry boat - big storm - water on sole under Lewmar hatch in salon - rebed
with Bomar foam tape - no more leaky.

Pat

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net> wrote:

> Well as most of you know Maryland and the greater mid Atlantic got HAMMERED
> with rain this week.  As I had mentioned before I have a leak in the
> forepeak hatch, and I did make preparations for that by putting down a
> plastic garbage bag, and a towel and a super absorb shammy over that.  It
> was damp afterwards but didn't soak the mattress which was my primary
> concern.  Of particular concern is the fact that ALL THREE OF MY HATCHES
> LEAKED.    The main salon hatch leaked enough to leave a puddle on the floor
> boards, and the hatch in the head leaked as well.
>
> Now this may be that we had SO much rain that the boat might as well have
> been underwater.  I can accept that. But part of me can't accept that I
> essentially had a triple failure.
>
> Has anyone else had issues with the Lewmar hatches?  Does anyone do
> anything special to the seals (clean them, treat them, whatever).
>
> I am just out of my mind on what was a completely solid and dry boat
> earlier this season to all three hatches leaking.
>
> Any foresight appreciated.  And yes I did find the hinges loose and tighted
> them.  But that was only on the forepeak.  The others were TIGHT.
>
> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
> "Independence"
> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
> Middle River, MD
>