[Rhodes22-list] How does all that water find it's way to the bilge.

[Bill Berner]

It's finally been warm the last few days here in the North East, so I headed
off to my boat club to check up on my boat.

I must confess that I never covered it at the end of the season last year -
just put it on the trailer, parked it where they told me, took off the
cushions, and expensive stuff from the cabin, and took down the genoa.

Went back to check things out once before all the snow kicked in.

Yesterday's inspection was pretty good with one GLARING exception.

Upon checking the bilge I found water nearly up to the underside of the
cabin sole.  Now the boats bow is higher than the stern on the trailer, and
when I looked at the carpet in the aft end of the cabin, I found it was wet.
Apparently water had even soaked through the sole into the carpet back
there.

I have a deck plate in the hole for the nicro vent on the bow.

I also found some, but not an alarming amount of water in the lazarette.

There are no signs in the cabin of water having come in from above decks.

The boat is leaning a bit to starboard on the trailer, and the starboard
seat drain is stopped up.  The port drain is clear.

There was no water in the cockpit.  The cockpit drain is clear.

So how did that volume of water find its way into the bilge?

Any ideas? Theories and experiences welcomed.

Thanks.


Bill Berner
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Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706
 
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