[C320-list] Leaking Compass Housing

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No binnacle cover? 

Herb Crecch 
Cloud Chaser 606 




----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Evans" < twosailors @ bigpond .com> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 5:30:15 PM 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking Compass Housing 



It`s not the compass fluid, it`s rain water 

************************* 
Regards 
Colin Evans 
Watermark #774 
Lake Macquarie , Australia 



-----Original Message----- 
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com 
[ mailto :c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Irving Grunes 
Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 7:13 AM 
To: C320-List at catalina320.com 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking Compass Housing 

If the compass was leaking you would have an air bubble at the top of the 
dome 
irv 
2001 #851 

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Colin Evans < twosailors @ bigpond .com> wrote: 

> Rick, 
> I covered the throttle lever and compass and doused the wheel shaft with 
> water where it goes into the binnacle. Nothing in the aft cabin. The I 
> did 
> the same with the compass. Water in the cabin, so I`m reasonable sure 
> that`s where it`s coming in. I don`t think it is the main mounting as 
there 
> are no leaks when the boat is static in the pen with the cover over the 
> wheel etc. If it is the main cockpit floor mount I would expect rain 
water 
> in any time. I think most of this is when I am washing the boat. ( HMMMM 
> maybe a message there) 
> I have had previous water ingress through the throttle cable collar on the 
> cockpit floor. I just filled the whole thing with silicone and screwed it 
> back down and problem was solved. 
> Thanks for the assistance. I will try the silicone on the pulley cover in 
> the aft cabin. It will only need to be sealed across the bottom and about 
> a 
> inch up each side to meet up with the opening in the bulkhead for the 
> steering cables etc. My concern is water in there may smell after a 
while. 
> (Or perhaps will evaporate with engine heat.) 
> I`m not sure where you put the pan access point. We have a board cover to 
> the skeg bolts under the pulley cover under the matress . I guess any 
water 
> will eventually find it`s way into the bilge. 
> ************************* 
> Regards 
> Colin Evans 
> Watermark #774 
> Lake Macquarie , Australia 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com 
> [ mailto :c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Rick 
> Sulewski 
> Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012 11:02 PM 
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking Compass Housing 
> 
> Colin, 
> 
> Despite your reservations, some silicone over the pulley cover gasket seam 
> as well as over the screw heads solved our leak problems and still made it 
> very easy to remove the silicone strip whenever the need arose for service 
> access. Keep in mind that the leak could also be coming from the helm 
> mounting on the cockpit deck and a coating of flexible silicone or 3M 4200 
> over those potential water intrusion points will also reduce the 
likelihood 
> of leaks that may show up on the pulley cover and find their way on the 
aft 
> bunk. The water will go somewhere and will likely end up between the hull 
& 
> pan/bilge molding and settle just aft of the bilge under the molded hull 
> pan. To remove the water from beneath the pan, we created an access point 
> by 
> slicing a section of floor board with a jig saw just aft of the bilge 
where 
> there is an access port on our 95 model so water accumulation may be 
> monitored and easily be removed with a small shop vac. Sure beats having 
> mold and mildew as a result of an annoying repetitive leak onto the aft 
> bunk 
> bedding. 
> 
> Rick 
> My-Ria #277 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com 
> [ mailto :c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Colin Evans 
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 12:59 AM 
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com 
> Subject: [C320-list] Leaking Compass Housing 
> 
> We have a very slight (annoying) leak through the compass housing/light on 
> the binnacle. It drips down the steering cables into the pulley cover in 
> the aft cabin where is runs out at the aft bulkhead. 
> I don`t really want to seal the pulley cover in the aft cabin, and I`m not 
> sure that putting sealants on the compass housing will be a good idea. 
Has 
> anyone any ideas. 
> ************************* 
> Regards 
> Colin Evans 
> Watermark #774 
> Lake Macquarie , Australia 
> 
>