Thanks Mark. Salt water tells me that “perhaps” water is coming up the fiberglass tube we install for the pendant. Hopefully they didn’t drop the hull when they had the boat on the hoist… (It happens) cracking, flexing to open up something. The new owner could pull the boat to the trailer and fill the bilge with water and see where it drips overnight. Bob Sent from my iPad
On Apr 1, 2022, at 10:49 AM, Mark Dvorscak <mdvorscak56@gmail.com> wrote:
Jim, On my M17 (which was a much older model) it was the cockpit drain tubes which had corroded to the point of leaking and allowing mystery water to appear in the bilge. Those 1.5" diameter tubes were glassed in below the waterline and the cockpit drain hoses connected to the metal ends of the tubes where they projected beyond the end of the glass. It took me a while to find where the water in my bilge was coming from but I finally slithered under the cockpit and inspected the drains with the boat in the water. I don't know if your boat was constructed the same way, but I would definitely check if there was any possibility that those drains could be compromised. Mark Dvorscak M23 M15 M10 & former M17 #400 Grace
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022, 09:29 Jim Ellsworth <jellsworth603@gmail.com> wrote:
Verified it is salt water. Mary inspected the hull pretty closely so likely coming into the keel somewhere. She is going to get some good light down there, empty the bilge then see if she can see where the water is entering. If unable to locate then she will pull the boat out of the water at the yard fill the bilge and see if there is water coming out of the keek somewhere. I will keep the group posted when we find the answers. Jim
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 9:24 AM AT&T Account <stanpfa@pacbell.net> wrote:
how much water? Did it rain? does it have cockpit drain valves? open/ closed? what ever it is, it's likely minor,Stan On Friday, April 1, 2022, 07:52:59 AM PDT, Jim Ellsworth < jellsworth603@gmail.com> wrote:
I sold my M-17 a while ago and the new owner had a barrier coat and bottom paint applied including removing the centerboard and replacing. The boat was launched and taken to her slip. She noticed water in the bilge pumped it out but it filled up the next day and she pumped it again. She can't find the source so I am reaching out here to see if anyone has experienced this. The boat is a Bob boat built in 2000. She got underneath the cockpit and can not find any water leaking inside the hull and draining into the bilge. One possibility was the tube the centerboard line goes through but She does not think that is the issue either. I owned the boat since 2008 and has been on the hard for about 6 years. During my ownership I have not experienced this and she has never been beached, knocked anything on the bottom etc. so this is quite surprising. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. Jim Ellsworth Scamp #282 Crawford Melonseed #550 Prior Owner M-17 #603