Wow! Great feedback from all.. I'll be checking and let you know when I find the water source.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Phil Agur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom, > > Spring time in Wisconsin, was it raining. If you have the 1" or 1 1/2" > cockpit drains at the rear of the cockpit the caulking around the tubes can > have a broken seal. Then it's 90% back to the lake and 10% for the boat. > > The tell for this and many other leaks is to draw a boundary line around > the bilge (easier said than done) on the hull with a water soluble marker. > You would also put one aft of your shaft seal. I prefer blue since I can > live with a faint blue stain if it happens but pink from a red marker would > bug me. Next time you check the boat if there's water in the bilge part of a > blue line will be gone. From that you'll know the direction or if all the > line is still there then a direction has been eliminated. > > Actually any place there a seal the seal can fail but the cockpit drains is > a good one for a high volume leak that's hard to find. It's just so far from > the bilge and you can see the water exiting the boat so it looks fine. > > We had a bad vacuum breaker on the raw water line between the pump and the > heat exchanger. It never leaked when the engine was running. It leaked only > after shut down and only the amount that represented the thermal expansion > of the cold raw water coming up to running temp after it was stopped. When > it did leak it trickled on a wiring loom and ran back to just forward of the > shaft seal before dropping off. Not using the blue pen effectively got me a > PSS Shaft seal before I found the vacuum breaker. > > Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip > Secretary, Call Sign WCW3485 > IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 > www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Tom Deters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:38 PM > *Subject:* Re: catalina27-talk: Re: Converting Princess stove(more > deterioration) > > I am new to the Catalina owners club and as I recently purchased a 1986 > 27ft Tall Rig to sail out of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Over all very good > condition, new head sail, low hours on the Universal, and very clean. > > I am perplexed by how 3 fingers of water gets into the bilge within 24 > hours. My stuffing box is barely dripping and thru hulls are closed... Any > thoughts? > > Also, If were to purchase a new main sail, what is the recommendation for > cloth weight, batons and price and where to purchase? > > T Deters > > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 3:18 PM, James Calleran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> *tim ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> The other day I mixed alcohol with Ginger Beer and it was v. dangerous. >> >> tf >> goslings 151 >> >> Ah, yes, it was a "Dark and Stormy" night. >> >> jc >> black seal forever >> >> >
