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DeaLatis
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Initially Posted - 06/14/2023 :  15:12:06  Show Profile
Hoping someone would be able to attach a photo of your C250 WB under the step where the water ballast fill valve and keel cable hose enters into the "volcano". We have a leak and can't decipher where exactly it's coming from. It may be helpful to see what it's supposed to look like vs. what we have.
Donna Prunier

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Response Posted - 06/14/2023 :  19:35:30  Show Profile
Welcome Donna! I have no pix because I didn't have a C-250--some C-250 folks will reply, but have you tried our Search function (upper right) looking for something like "ballast leak" in the C-250 forum? You'll get a list of discussions to explore. I recall several were about leaks between the ballast tank walls and the hull. Hope this helps...
Dave Bristle
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Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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Jacob
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Response Posted - 06/16/2023 :  07:26:45  Show Profile
This is the only picture I have of mine. I can get more pictures later today when I am at the boat, if you need!
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k3fuller
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Response Posted - 06/16/2023 :  13:45:56  Show Profile
Hi! When I first got my boat mine leaked when I sailed but not at the slip. Figured out that it was the water sloshing around the ballast tank and leaking out the seal of the valve stem. That gasket just never sealed up well against the fiberglass. So I took some plumbers putty and put it around the valve stem where the gasket meets the fiberglass and that sealed it up after I retightened the valve. No more leaks. Might be something like that anyway.
2004 250WB #781
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NHC25
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Response Posted - 06/25/2023 :  12:44:31  Show Profile
Hello, thanks for the replies, they've been helpful. This is Ed, Donna's husband. All clues point to a leak somewhere around the shaft and there appeared to be some patchwork on the back side of the tube. I removed all the patch work, cleaned it up and covered the entire area with fiberglass and resin. A question we have now is related to a seam in the tube and if we should seal it. It looks like it is there by design at maybe what would be near water level.


After looking at Jacob's picture, I'm wondering if this could have been cut by a previous owner when replacing the turning ball. The seam ends up under the rubber hose so I'm not sure sealing it would accomplish anything except for making future turning ball repairs more difficult.
Edited by - NHC25 on 06/25/2023 19:28:17
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NHC25
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Response Posted - 08/17/2023 :  18:24:30  Show Profile
I decided to seal the seam to play it safe. Not sure if was the fiberglass patch and seal but we've had a dry hull all summer. She does have a repaired ballast so I can only assume the leak in the tube was related somehow.
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