[C38] water in my bilge

[Steve Smolinske]

Check your stuffing box on the rudder and the shaft,  depending on the type of seal you have.  If you have a dripless shaft seal it might have become loose and slid out of the compressed state.  On the rudder if your subject to wave action at your mooring every time the stern goes up and down it could be taking on water from there as well.   Rain almost could be suspect, not sure where it comes in but after a good rain my bilge is full.

From: Listserve [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of William Knowles
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 2:29 PM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] water in my bilge

If you use blue stuff in the holding tank should show up in bilge if holding tank is leaking, there are many through hulls found one under settee area hooked to nothing.


On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 11:51 AM, <1derful at comcast.net<mailto:1derful at comcast.net>> wrote:
My bilge has been filling up with water rather quickly.
The area in the head fills up to.
Stuffing box appears OK.
I closed through hull fitting.
Water has the smell of urine...a bit.
Any thoughts of where the water's coming from.
Holding tank?
I don't want Blue Eyes to become a "Yellow Submarine"
Patrick

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