[C320-list] Weeping Keel Bolt

[Dave Hupe]

I doubt a keel bolt is leaking unless your keel to hull joint is severely bad.  My boat is 1994, much older than yours.  I have had similar concerns in the past when I detected seepage that appeared to be a leaking bolt.  Instead there was seepage from elsewhere that migrated into/below the structural grid toward such a low spot and only looked like a leaking bolt on first reaction.  One source of water was my shaft packing gland after I had replaced it and not tightened it much at first.  More recently, I had a leaking original water hose within the structural grid that went from my galley area to the head sink.  
Dave Hype
1994 C320 (#32)

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  On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:30 PM, RONALD HODEL<ronandgail2 at me.com> wrote:   I have no idea having not had that experience but, golly, I would have thought the marina staff commissioning the boat would have said something right away. 

Ron Hodel
#1070 Lokomaikai

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> On May 25, 2021, at 1:24 PM, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Our bilge pump has been running quite regularly (every 10 minutes or so, 6
> seconds each time) ever since launch two weeks ago.  We assumed we might
> have an internal water leak from one of our two water tanks.
> 
> We just learned that during commissioning the marina staff noticed a keel
> bolt which was apparently allowing water to “weep” into the bilge.  We do
> not know the details of this condition, for example does the boat have to
> be pulled to fix?
> 
> Have any of you had similar experiences?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Tom & Tracy Grass
> S/V Bucket List
> 2008 Catalina 320 MK II
> # 1135