[alberg30] Re: leak

[Dick Fecchia]

Just a thought -- has anyone tried replacing the water tank with 
some type of hard plastic container?  Food storage businesses seem 
to have a variety of hard plastic containers that just might fit in 
the cavity.  Finding one to fit in the cavity may be difficult but 
not impossible -- and it could be less expensive and it would last 
forever.  
Dick Fecchia
Future owner of MiLady(# 302)
Virginia Beach, Va

--- In alberg30 at egroups.com, sandersm at a... wrote:
> The past couple of weeks, I have noticed an intermittent slow leak, 
> apparently of sweet water, aboard WILD ELF  (# 297).  It is in the 
forepeak, 
> where the base of the small  V-berth filler seat joins the cabin 
sole.  A 
> quick check of the adjacent lockers showed sweet water standing in 
the bottom 
> of the lower starboard locker that runs from the filler to the 
hanging 
> locker.  The leak appeared while I was tied up alongside a dock on 
the Hudson 
> River (fair weather, no rain to account for it), and disappeared 
when I 
> returned to my mooring in Oyster Bay.
> 
> I am assuming it is my water tank, but I am puzzled that it arose 
only when I 
> was tied up at a slip.  Any ideas?  If it is my tank, then how do I 
get 
> access to it to find and fix the leaks.  I am fearing that you are 
all going 
> to tell me that I must dismantle the forepeak berths to do this; if 
so, has 
> anyone come up with another tankage solution that avoids the need 
for surgery 
> and does not affect the boat's trim?  Or should I simply swear off 
marinas 
> and docks from now on?
> 
> All advice greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sanders McNew
> WILD ELF  (# 297)
> Oyster Bay, New York


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