Hi John, You are correct with your assumption. I found the leak area at the top of the C/B slot - where the pennant passes into the cockpit. To reach the area, I had to remove the teak board in front of the companionway, so that I could "operate" and repair the area in the pennant slot. Connie John and DesAnne Hippe wrote:

Hello All,

So further to my posts regarding repairs, I have taken pictures of my centerboard trunk from below.

http://picasaweb.google.com/JDHippe/CenterboardTrunkFromBelow

If you look at the pictures, you are looking up from below into the cavity for the centerboard. At the top you can see the oval opening through which the centerboard pendant descends. Using the zoom function you can see some delamination of the oval portion. Further up you can see where the liner (?) is afixed to the hull. I am anticipating that it is somewhere in here that I am getting my leaks. I think I have the same situation that Connie had with water seaping up between the centerboard trunk and the liner.

I will be trying Connie's idea about pressurizing the cabin and using a bubbling agent to find leaks. It just so happens that I have young children with the appropriate high-tech bubbling solution recommended by Connie. I will try doing this from below as well as from up in the cockpit. If that does not work, I may try depressurizing the cabin.

Connie, when you worked on your boat, it sounds like you went in from the cockpit sole by removing the teak boards and then cutting out a portion of the cockpit sole to reveal where the leaks were occuring. Is this correct?

Thanks,

John M-15 Jester

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