I've been extracting about a gallon of rain water from my bilge almost daily during rainy weather. Wondering where it could be coming from since I re-caulked the shrouds' deck plates and hatches, I figure it must be coming down the mast....??
I've been extracting about a gallon of rain water from my bilge almost daily during rainy weather. Wondering where it could be coming from since I re-caulked the shrouds' deck plates and hatches, I figure it must be coming down the mast....??
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Correct. And probably other places which I haven't thought about.
Larry Brandt
S/V High Flight #2109
Pacific Northwest, PDX-based
2002 C-36 mkII SR/FK M35B
NicsOscar;
Just be sure that it's rain water ! If your boat is in salt water, take a quart and boil it on the stove to see if there is salt in it. Obviously, if there is salt in the pot after the water boils off, you have a different problem. Just a word of caution. Keep a close eye on the cables running down the mast and at the mast base. Many times rain water will attack and degradate these cables. Correctly installed Mast mounted VHF radio antenna installations classically put drip loops in the coaxial cables to prevent excessive amounts of water from traveling down the inside of the co-ax. Good luck in finding your leak.
Bill Dolan 1990 Catalina C-36 MKI - Hull #1041 'Williwaw'
Std. Rig, Walk Through, Wing Keel
M35, Oberdorfer Conversion,
Home Waters; Charlotte Harbor & The Gulf Islands of Florida
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