Hi Robert, I owned M15 #400, and after some initial sailing on Lake Champlain, with waves and strong winds, I discovered water in the stowage spaces P/S under the berths. By careening the boat to both sides, I located how the water got into these areas. The next question was, how did it get between the hull and the interior liner. I'll try and find my original analysis and the method I used to find and fix the leak, and email it to you. The leak occurred at the aft end of the C/B pennant hole in the cockpit. I proved the location by pressurizing the interior of the hull (having taped off all the openings) and used my shop vac output side as my pressure source. Painting all suspected areas with bubble fluid soon revealed where bubbles were being blown in profusion. I then had to remove the teak board in front of the companionway to reach the area that needed repairs. I had to do a bit of surgical opening, at the aft end to get to the the leakage spot. That area was ground open and then closed with fiberglass cloth pieces, and thickened epoxy. It never leaked a drop after that repair. Connie On 04-Jan-12 6:29 PM, Robert Hall wrote:
Hi Stan, I have a 30 year old M 15 and get water in the"hole" just behind the trunk. I cannot see in there and have no idea where the water is coming from . May I ask you to describe in detail where you found the source of the leak and also how you fixed it? Thanks .RTH.-----Original Message----- From: Stan Winarski Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 9:55 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 103, Issue 6
I too have experienced a recurring leak in the joinng of the centerboard trunk with the cockpit mold on my M 15. It is a difficullt place to work and even the patches of fiberglass I've installed were hardly esthetically attractive but they did the trick. Any chop encountered resulted in leaking water into my two "dry stores" drawers I installed on either side of the trunk.
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