[C320-list] Cabin Leak

[Geof Ward]

Thank you everyone for your suggestions.  You've given me some new ideas,
and I'm hopeful one of the suggestions will prove fruitful.  However, if
anyone out there has any other ideas, I'd be glad for them as well.  Right
now, I'm like a lot of other sailors, just waiting for the weather to get
warm enough for me to start working on the boat.  I'll post again when I
think I've remedied the problem for the benefit of anyone else who has a
similar leak.  Again, thank you all for your help.  Dave, special thanks
for your kind invitation.  I'll write you a personal reply from my old
email.

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> Works great for gelcoat cracks.  Dries sort of translucent white but solid
> white like paint, but you can wipe it off the surface before it dries also
> so that it doesn't show outside the crack.
>
> No need to open up the crack for it to work.  It wicks into hairline
> cracks pretty well because it's so thin.
>
> Seems thinner than water to me but I'm not a chem engineer so don't know
> if that's true!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of
> Millers
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 3:54 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cabin Leak
>
> Jeff,
> Captain Trolley’s..... heard good things along the line of how you have
> used it.
> Does it dry white?
> How do you think it might work on a hair-line gelcoat crack (crack would
> be opened a bit to apply product) ?
> Art
> # 680
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 27, 2018, at 3:05 PM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ah... The ole dripping light trick.
> >
> > Anyone who hasn't, should check this out.  Pop off the inner white trim
> rings from your side opening portlights and check so see if the hatch bolts
> are loose.  Mine were so loose they rattled and essentially the side
> hatches were relying on the caulking to keep them against the hull.  It
> caused leaking in-between the hull and the liner in my case and dripped out
> one of the lights.
> >
> > It was simple to tighten them up.  Never leaked again.  Your mileage may
> vary.
> >
> > The genoa track is also a good possibility for leaks except that it's
> unlikely that it would drip out the forward light if that were the case.
> My other bet would be that your mast step bolts are leaky.  Rather than
> rebed anything, get a bottle of "Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure",
> really, not kidding.  It's got the consistency of alcohol but is a little
> like white super glue.  It wicks into the smallest cracks and
> clogs/glues/hardens up. Apply it until it stops soaking in.  Let it dry,
> then try again.  When it accepts no more, that spot will probably not leak
> again.
> >
> > Again, this is great for a lot of little fixes like sealing genoa track
> bolts, hatch screws, etc.  Not as perm. as proper rebedding but it can help
> you know whether that's the real problem or not.
> >
> > -Jeff Hare
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of
> Geof Ward
> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 8:03 PM
> > To: C320-list at catalina320.com
> > Subject: [C320-list] Cabin Leak
> >
> > Last summer, I purchased Pre Vailing Wind, a 2004 Catalina 320 (#966)
> with in-mast mainsail furling, and I have been frustrated by a leak in the
> main cabin.  The water drips from the forward light fixture on the top of
> the cabin on the starboard side – just inboard of the starboard lower chain
> plate.  I re-bedded the chain plate, but it didn’t seem to make any
> difference.  Most puzzling, the water continues to drip for many, many days
> after a rain, so water must be collecting somewhere and dripping out over
> time.  Is the in-mast furling mast a factor?  Has anyone successfully dealt
> with anything like this? Any ideas would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Geo F Ward
> > Pre Vailing Wind
> > seakindly2 at gmail.com
> >
>
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