Alan Park
Did a race last weeknd, it was very windy (one gust measured at 44knts!) and had quite a few problems, but as I only have the boat a few weeks this is all part of the anticipated learning curve!
The only problem I haven’t been able to get a rational explanation to is leakage apparently between the deck and the hull and NOT down the chain plates.
Quite a lot came in! But it wasn’t immediatly apparent as it was held up in the lockers under the bunks, which was “unfortunate” because we had reckoned on them being our dry storage area!
We were running well heeled for long periods and dipping the gunwales on the gusts and there were plenty of them too.
Has anyone had this problem and how can it be cured.
Boat otherwise is dry as a bone which is great.
arni
There are so many bolts that go through the deck, besides the chainplates, that unless you have a very unlikely crack in the deck, one of these is likely to be the source. There are the dozens of bolts that hold the genoa track, stanchion bases and various cleats and jammers.
If one of these does leak, the water will end up on the plywood tops of the settees and will then easily find its way into the lockers.
Since you were not just dealing with rain and spray, but solid green water, the volumes getting in could be large!
You need to sit somebody inside whilst someone on the outside directs a jet of water from a hose on all the outside areas. You will then hopefully see where it is coming in. I would suspect a stanchion base, personally, since these are always being flexed, and they are closest to the side where the water comes over during severe heeling.
Incidentally, I use plastic ziplok bags in these lockers because I have never been able to completely cure leaks from the chainplates.
John Lanham
Alan
Are you sure it is leaking from the deck hull joint? I have found water in these lockers from time to time and traced it back to the classic cockpit drain problem (discussed elsewhere on this bulletin board
Administrator
The hull-deck joint is sealed by a (once) flexible filler. Over time this is likely to harden and crack. Somebody – wish I could remember who – told me they’d raked it out on their boat and replaced it but I’ve never had to do it myself. I guess you’d have to remove the rubbing strip. Has anybody any experience of doing this job?
Jack Hardie