[C38] Fresh water disappearing

[Mark Lewis]

My Poka'I had a Crack near the top of the tank at the edge, which Ronco
(OEM) said may have been caused by over filling causing the tank to flex.
They were 30 mins away in Southern California,  and repaired it for $40.
New tank was $200. 40 gallon.

By the way, similar situation for head holding tank. Repaired for 40. Pokai
is a 1979 hull #6, so they lasted 35 years.
On Jun 30, 2015 5:37 PM, "Les Howell" <hlhowell at pacbell.net> wrote:

> If your bilge is dry and the pump has not run that you have noticed, you
> may have a leak somewhere on deck.  On JACE formerly Infinity, there was
> a hose fitting in the anchor locker for using for freshwater washdown I
> guess.  Anyway, it had sprung a leak in the valve that was supposed to
> shut it off when no connection was made.  It was a pinhole, but with the
> pump on, it would dump about 20gals overnight, leaving no trace
> anywhere.  Check the stern, the anchor locker and where ever there might
> be a fitting that you can think of, and last resort go into the snakpit
> (bilge where all the various hoses run) and trace them out to see where
> they go.  I was really amazed at how many hoses there were running
> around under there.
>         Basically you have a hose that runs through the bilge from the
> freshwater tank back to the pump.  The pump was located on the port side
> under the galley dry goods locker.   From the pump there are various
> Tee's and hoses to the following locations:
>         aft to the water heater if you have one,
>         up to the sink cold water spigot
>         forward to the sink in the head
>         forward in my case to the freshwater washdown.
> From the water heater it goes to forward to the galley hot water line,
> and again forward to the sink in the head.
>
>         Other hoses:
>         fill hose from the deck fitting down and forward to the freshwater
> tank.  From the top of the tank a bleed line up to inside the port side.
> Don't remember now where it came out.
>         That was all the freshwater I remember.
>
>         Also in the snakepit are the bilge pump and its hose in the bilge,
> strapped to the starboard side of the opening on my boat, then aft to
> the stern seat locker, then to outboard fitting on the stern for
> pumpout.
>         The bilge also holds the end of the manual bilge pump hose, 1" non
> colapsable hose on Jace,  It leads back to the stern locker, where the
> bilge pump was located.  I think many owners had one also in the bilge
> area.  under the 5' long bilge access.  If so that one also leads aft
> and all three are teed into the exhaust port line.  On JACE the output
> line was larger and non-collapsing, but glued into an extension which
> then went to the through-hull.
>         There is another 3/8 or 1/2" hose that is used to capture DC wiring
> from the port to the starboard area behind the vertical cushions in the
> salon.  It is about 8' long, and goes from the behind the starboard
> cushion back area to near the mast at the inboard end of the Waste Water
> tank.  This bundle includes the wires to the mast lights and the
> macerator.
>         Yours may vary as owners tend to make modifications to suit as they
> replace or rebuild these hoses and pumps.
>         I added a washdown pump on jace under the Vee berth but never got
> it
> fully wired in and plumbed.  I mounted that pump to one of the support
> boards under the Vee Berth and ran the wires aft through the wiring loom
> already on the starboard side.
>
>         I would suggest putting a terminal strip to hold the bilge pump
> wires
> to make it easier to change out the bilge pump.  That bit of the wiring
> was a bit short on JACE and I had to put on some wire stretchers and new
> butt type connectors, but I think a terminal strip is a much better
> solution, and more permanent.
>
> I don't know if any of this will help, but maybe it will give you some
> hand in sorting out that snake pit ;-).  Don't forget all the essential
> vocabulary when scraping your hands, elbows and knees finding where the
> gremlins moved all that stuff!!
>
> Best of luck,
> Les H
>
>
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