[C320-list] Water in the port side locker of frontcabin

Gregg Baklund gb.sailfun32 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 20 15:19:49 PDT 2020


I recently found the bow tank inspection port on the top leaked when overfilling. Sealed the threads and was fine after that


Gregg Baklund
#228 1995 Paradise
Des Moines, WA
206 402-8896
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> On Jul 20, 2020, at 3:16 PM, Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> When filling either water tank, we have to avoid over filling the tank or
> it over pressurized the tank and water leaks from the tank.   There is an o
> ring seal there but apparently it doesn’t work too great and I have not
> invested any time yet to see about a better seal there.   It would be
> pretty hard for water from elsewhere to find its way there.  However, some
> have noted that a failed anchor drain will also find it's way into that
> area and it could actually sink your boat if the line failure is low enough
> to the actual thru hull which is only marginally above the waterline to
> begin with on our hull.
> 
> FWIW
> 
> Troy Dunn
> Hull#514


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