[C320-list] Weeping Keel Bolt

[Ian Neale]

Hi,

I thought I had a similar issue, in the end it was a plumbing leak internal to the boat. 

At one point I call the technical team at Catalina, Warren Pandy, he was very helpful in describing the process to deal with keel bolt issues. 

I suggest you give him a call. 

Good luck, Ian. 

Solutions, Hull 1122. 

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> On May 26, 2021, at 8:30 AM, 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
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> 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