[C320-list] Not-Holding-Tank Leak

[Irving Grunes]

go sailing and see if something happens :o)

Irv
Formerly 815

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Amiraults Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> All:
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> Late last season I was finding slightly beige, slightly off-odor liquid in
> the bilge. Discolouration on the starboard bilge wall suggested that the
> liquid was coming from the area of the holding tank. It had been a slack
> summer (no overnights) and so the contents of the tank were urine heavily
> denatured with river water contributed by the race crew - sure, we do
> poorly; but there's always a cold beer at the end. In fact, the toilet was
> used so infrequently that its only pump out was during fall layup.  I could
> think of no other starboard source for liquid since I have never had water
> in the aft water tank. This was an issue to address in the spring.
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> So, it's spring. Thinking it was either a hole in the tank or a
> failed/loose
> out-flow fitting at the tank bottom, I placed paper towel around the
> fitting
> and at the point where it was entering the bilge. I then added 15 gallons
> of
> fresh water by pumping it thru the flush. Nada. The bilge remains dry. Can
> anyone offer insight?
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> Regards;
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> Brian Amirault
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> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
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