[C320-list] Water in the Bildge

[Warren Updike]

Sound like the problem I just resolved.  I determined that the problem was a
leak in the head shower hose where it connects to the supply under the sink.
It would only leak when the head faucet was running.  The water follows the
shower drain hose  from under the sink into the space around the bilge.  Our
#62 has an euro faucet by Scandvik. It has a BSP 1mm x 15mm male and a 3/8"
female connection. Sandvik makes replacements. I searched all over and
finally found them on the internet.  

One day after I replaced the hose, I was in our marina store and lo and
behold, there are three of them on the shelf for $28.  Our marina used to be
a Catalina dealer so they tend to carry a number of Catalina specific parts.


If this is your problem, I'll be happy to send you one of these hoses.

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Alexander [mailto:alexander.jason at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 9:07 AM
To: c320-list
Subject: [C320-list] Water in the Bildge

Hello all,

I have an interesting issue going on and I'm not sure what is
happening.   On the weekends that we spend on the boat I seem to be
getting some fresh water in the bilge.  This is evidenced by the bilge
pump kicking in at really annoying times like while I'm sleeping.  The
strange thing is that it only seems to be happening on the weekend.
The reason I believe this is that when I got down to the boat on
Friday night there was a nice layer of scum on top of the bilge water
(Another issue on to itself) and it was clear that it hadn't been
disturbed by water running in all week and the sides of the bildge
were dry.

Yesterday when I heard the pump kick in we were about to leave I
pulled the boards and it was clear that there had been more water in
there.  It looks like the water is coming into the bildge from the
direction of the bathroom.  There is a channel between the floor and
the hull leading up that way that was wet.   Now I've check every
source of water via through hull or fitting and nothing appears to be
leaking. I do have a traditional stuffing box so I do get some water
in that way but this water seems to be fresh or at least I can't taste
any salt.   I initally thought it was my aft water tank but that tank
seems to be holding water just fine.

The only difference I can find/think of is that that last two weekends
is the first time we've used the air conditioning.  Could I be
building up condensentation some place witch is running into the
bildge.

Thoughts?

Jason