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Title: Water in the bilge when on starboard tack
Post by: bkraning@earthlink.net on October 16, 2002, 05:39:13 PM

No leak when in slip or sailing on port tack but
switch to starboard tack and immediately start
taking water in forward bilge compartment

Title: leak
Post by: amoreau on October 17, 2002, 04:36:22 AM

Hi, Saltwater or fresh? Sounds like it could be a leak in the fwd water tank if fresh.

Title: Water in the bilge when on starboard tack
Post by: sselinger on October 17, 2002, 09:39:26 AM

If you have an older boat with cockpit drains, look for a cracked hose between the scupper and the thru hull. I had a Cat 27 with the same problem and it was a cracked hose. If you have a newer hull with the thru the stern drain, good luck.

Steve Selinger
Aquila #1047

Title: Water in the bilge when on starboard tack
Post by: Bill Sedgwick on October 18, 2002, 06:10:12 AM

See if your bilge pump outlet is below waterline when motoring. I believe that it may be if you are heavily loaded aft - full fuel tank and aft water tank. The answer is probably extending a service loop in the pump outlet hose above the water line. If this is the case, the bilge pump should be cycling frequently. This can happen on a MK1 with walk-thru transon. I don't know about the other stern designs.

Catalina 34

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