[C38] water in my bilge

[littlebreeze]

So was that 4" of water in the bilge under the salon, or 4" of water above the salon sole? 
Kerry


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-------- Original message --------From: Patrick Harpole <1derful at comcast.net> Date: 7/9/16  20:41  (GMT-08:00) To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org> Subject: Re: [C38] water in my bilge 
Water's coming intoThe bilge from port side. There's a crack at the stern port side of bilge opening.Tomorrow I will take aLook with fiber optic flexible scope.I guess the only way toTell if it is fresh orSalt water is to taste it.Right?There was 4" of water in salon. Float switch didn't work but manualSwitch drained boat 
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On Jul 9, 2016, at 12:55 PM, mark turner <empty9254 at hotmail.com> wrote:








Is it salt or fresh? If salt, cockpit drains/rudder and shaft glands all possibilities... give away sign is constant wet gleam in the deep V of the hull coming down into the rear of the bilge. If fresh - then hot water tank connections or internal drum rusted
 through or leak somewhere else in the fresh water circuit. Also mast is good at letting water in heavy rain. Air conditioning can also put fresh water in bilge.If you have whale foot pump as back up in galley, that is a common site, as diaphragms get small
 hairline crack that is not easily seen. will drip and then spray copiously while you pump. If smells of urine then holding tank/head circuit.but sounds like holding tank if smells of urine. I had that once, found hose had cracked in place I couldn't see. Last
 bilge filler was whale footpump. Only found it after many hours of scrabbling round when I had second prson to pump while I watched
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Sent: 08 July 2016 08:32:49

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Subject: Re: [C38] water in my bilge
 


extra t/hull near dinette probably for the macerator for pumping head overboard back when Joe/Macavity




On 7/7/2016 2:29 PM, William Knowles wrote:



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> 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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