[C320-list] Exhaust question

[ART HARDEN]

For water in the bilge on a boat that age, you might want to check the knot meter transducer in the depth transducer underneath the V berth. You can access the area by pulling out the lower drawer. On Tortuga, they did not have gaskets on outside side of the hull just caulk. This is a repair best completed when the boat is hauled out. They did not use a gasket on the outside of the hull To reduce water resistance. In my opinion, that extra thickness on the outside of the hull is not going to slow the boat down that much. I’d rather have a dry bilge than have 1/100 knot faster speed. 

Also, the Catalina smile (separation of the hull and keel) can create constant water in the bilge. I know by experience. In 2022 I was taking on a gallon an hour in the bilge right after launch. I ended up losing two months of sailing season waiting for the repair to get done. This is a repair best done by professionals not the amateur fiberglass DIY guy. 


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Art Harden
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> On May 27, 2024, at 9:05 AM, Louis Friedman via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> Haven’t run the engine that much yet so don’t know. But the other issue is the bilge runs intermittently every 15 min or so - so something is leaking - but maybe that in the water system?-,they are checking on that as well.
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>> On May 27, 2024, at 9:00 AM, Chris via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
>> 
>>    Culprit could be the muffler. Are you getting any water in the bilge
>>  when running the engine?
>> 
>>  On 27 May 2024 13:35, Louis Friedman via C320-list
>>  <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi all,
>>    We recently purchased a 1999 320 . Trying to get her ready to sail.
>>    the Yanmar needed a new exhaust elbow due to a hole on it. That was
>>    replaced along with an exhaust hose that had reached the end of its
>>    life. Was ready to get  out on the water and marina said there is an
>>    exhaust leak that needs fixing. I’m more of a sailor than a
>>    mechanic, still learning. What else in the exhaust circuit could be
>>    leaking or would it just be one of the fittings to that they
>>    replaced ?
>>    Lou
>>    S/v MissAdventure
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