[C320-list] new salt water in bilge

William wmo48 at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 8 04:43:01 PDT 2012


Any chance your leak could be from your shaft stuffing box ?  When was last time you changed the packing ?
Mike Ott
'Amanda Lu'
#508

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On Jul 8, 2012, at 1:26 AM, Nat Antler <nantler at pacbell.net> wrote:

> After a few years with our 1994 #161 which has always had a dry bilge, we discovered accumulation of salt water... about 1/8" -1/4" in the aft section an about the same in the main section with the main keel bolts. I have ordered the torque wrench from the member site with the hope that they may need tightening. Can they be tightened while the boat is in the water or do I need to haul out and support the keel to tighten them? Is this something that others have experienced? I'm concerned why it just started showing up after 2-3 years.
> 
> BTW my previous question about that "froggy" noise was solved by watering the house battery cells... several were very low. Thanks!



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