[C320-list] Leak into aft cabin via steering box

[Chris Burti]

Graeme,
This subject pops up occasionally and has been discussed on this list
previously with respect to suggestions for resealing the deck and
sealing the cover in the aft cabin. Try searching the arcives a bit
and if you don't find it, let us know and we'll try to help.

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:
> When it rains ( as it does a lot here in England!) we have a leak running down the aft wall if the aft cabin from the junction between the box that covers the steering pulleys beneath the binnacle - the left hand wall if you are lying on the bunk!
>
> Removing the box it is evident that the leak comes from somewhere "above"
>
> However it is not obvious where!
>
> There are three stanchions with football shaped fittings where they join the deck as well as the stanchion that supports the throttle. All have had some sort of silicone sealant applied by a previous owner presumably in an attempt to deal with the problem
>
> So - I have two problems:- easiest way to remove all the old sealant and how best to re seal it. I guess the area gets a pounding witth the deck brush is regularly submerged briefly when we sluice down and is subject to large mechanical loads when crew grap hold of a stanchion as they cross the cockpit when tacking!
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Is there possibly another source of the leak that I haven't considered? My wide (who insists on sleeping on the left) is fed up with a damp bunk!
>
> Thanks
> Graeme
> Hull 303, "Simia"
>
> Sent from mobile: please excuse typos etc.!
>



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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC