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irishsailor321
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Initially Posted - 05/08/2012 :  18:43:06  Show Profile
The storage shelf in the dumpster holds a couple of inches of water........can't find where it is coming from even after a good soaking with a hose on the deck.......any ideas? Am thinking about drilling a few weep holes in the plywood to allow it to drain into the bilge. Thoughts?
Aboard the sailing vessel ''Simple Pleasures'', Kerr Lake, NC
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 05/09/2012 :  04:34:16  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Am thinking about drilling a few weep holes in the plywood to allow it to drain into the bilge. Thoughts?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Find and fix the leak and that won't be necessary. My boat leaked water from the stern pulpit mounting. The port side mount has a larger hole, IIRC, to allow the nav light wire through. Also water was coming in from the hinges on the dumpster lid and gas tank locker. I Fixed those spots and now my dumpster stays nice and dry.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 05/09/2012 :  04:51:33  Show Profile
I'm rebedding everything.. it is a 10 year plan. Welcome to the club. On my starboard side, aft one of my early leaks was the bottom of the railing, and a loose cleat.

Currently, somewhere near the top of the list is rebedding ( auctually ... drilling out, filling, redrilling, and then rebedding ) the port aft cleat, as it is loose and leaking water.

I usta add backing blocks, but I've mellowed over the years, and I'm no longer in a hurricane prone area.

SO far my favorite leak, that I didn't expect, was the top of the trim on the companionway was letting water into the liner.

I didn't check the bilge for almost all of last year and I had about a 1/3 of a cup of dark brown water in the front of the bilge, and a smidge in the front of the dumpster. I have the bilge cover at home right now to fabricate a hinge.
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