[Public-list] Dealing with leaks

[George Dinwiddie]

Lloyd Pulley wrote:
> I took the liberty of renaming this thread Dealing with Leaks.
> 
> 
> I still have not been able to account for the amount of water that got in
> the bilge except for this possible scenario:
> 
> The hoses from the Stern area including the two in cockpit are connected on
> both port and starboard sides to two hoses which have valves that can be
> shut off in the engine compartment which then lead to two seacocks.
> 
> The tradeoff is when I left the boat in the water for three weeks unattended
> I shut them off because I thought the risk of water coming back up from the
> seacocks was greater than water from rain accumulating in the cockpit and
> sides.
> 
> However, I think if the other seals in the cockpit were not fully tight
> water over time may have leaked in to the bilge from here.
> 
> But would this have accounted for two inches over the cabin floor and
> filling  battery compartment? I don't know.

I leave the scupper seacocks open, and use good hose on those.

The problem with closing them is that then all of the rain that falls on 
the boat will back up into the cockpit.  From there, it will find a way 
below, I think.  Even if the rudderpost fitting is well bedded, the 
inspection plate is a screw fitting.  (I put a little vaseline on the 
threads to improve the water tightness.)

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