[C320-list] Leak in bilge

[Warren Updike]

If your boat is on the hard check to see how it is positioned fore/aft. If
pitched slightly forward, water could be coming from the pedestal, emerg
steering, stanchions, or anyplace aft of the bilge. On our #62, most of such
leaks would drain into the bilge.

Warren & Pattie Updike
1994 C320 #62 "Warr de Mar"

-----Original Message-----
From: wflowe3 at aim.com [mailto:wflowe3 at aim.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:27 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leak in bilge


 The mast is a real possibility. My boat is on my trailer in the lot and at
my last visit, there was some water in the bilge (too much for
condensation). When the boat was hauled, I completely dried out all bilge
areas. With the boat out of the water, precipitation is the only possible
answer and the mast is the likely culprit. I also have water in the well for
the emergency tiller so that gasket must be bad too. I put antifreeze (the
green stuff) in both the bilge and the emergency tiller well.

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Budelmann <krbmd77 at charter.net>
To: Catalina320.org <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 16, 2011 12:02 pm
Subject: [C320-list] Leak in bilge


Hey, I am having a slow leak in the bilge right by the bilge pump.  No 
collections of water fore or aft of this location.  Can water leak down from
top 
of mast?  Can water leak from the keel bolts?  Also there is a floor joist 
crossing at that location but I can find no evidence of leaks from ports.  I

don't think keel bolts were ever re- tightened and the boat has never been
out 
of the water since original launch.  Can the bolts be tightened in the water
or 
does the boat have to be on the hard?

Kurt R Budelmann