Water in Bilge but Boats On the Hard http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1861/t/Water-in-Bilge-but-Boats-On-the-Hard.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:55:03 GMT Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:38:20 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1861/t/Water-in-Bilge-but-Boats-On-the-Hard.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Water in Bilge but Boats On the Hard ]]> http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/reply/6635/t/Water-in-Bilge-but-Boats-On-the-Hard.html#reply-6635
Every sailboat I have owned has had water in the bilge during the winter. I have tracked this water to the mast in each one so I am betting it is from that source.

Peter
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It is not clear how much water you mean when you say "full of water". If it is really "full" then there is something seriously wrong. If you mean the entire bottom of the bilge in the keel stub area is covered with a thin layer then there are many things that could be the cause.

One thing to keep in mind is that the "plugged" mast (it would appear your boat has roller furling in the mast) is only plugged for the rear portion of the mast... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (yorkrose) http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/sreply/6633 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:52:17 GMT <![CDATA[ Water in Bilge but Boats On the Hard ]]> http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1861/t/Water-in-Bilge-but-Boats-On-the-Hard.html
For one the mast is plugged and has a weephole drilled at deck level to get rid of any rain water that might come down the mast . .there is no eveidence of any interior leaking of hatches etc . . .The only... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Capt Freddie) http://catalina42discussionforum.yuku.com/topic/1861 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:55:03 GMT