Chschaus
"Voila"
Looking for any suggestions: I pulled the boat at the end of the season left the house battery on 1 to run the pump if a little water did get in.
Went down in early December to get the last of the stuff I take off the boat and check on where the yard put the boat and if they covered where the mast goes through the deck. ( I generally do not cover the boat in the winter, that's a discussion for another time.) Everything looked fine, I returned just after the holidays in early January to find the bilge filled to about an inch or two away from the floorboards and frozen. Cleared it all out and put some antifreeze in the bilge; was down last Friday before the snowstorm we were expecting here in the northeast only to find a repeat of my previous visit. I can see no evidence of where the water is coming in. I have checked all the portals, all through deck mounts and hatches and can see nor feel any indication of leakage. I will be heading down tomorrow to remove any snow left on deck and look again for any indication as to where the intrusion is coming from. At this point I am leaning towards the cockpit drains, I looked there but didn't crawl into the locker to get a real close look. I'm really baffled and am pulling what's left of my hair trying to figure this out, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated .
Thanks
Chris
E35-III
Went down in early December to get the last of the stuff I take off the boat and check on where the yard put the boat and if they covered where the mast goes through the deck. ( I generally do not cover the boat in the winter, that's a discussion for another time.) Everything looked fine, I returned just after the holidays in early January to find the bilge filled to about an inch or two away from the floorboards and frozen. Cleared it all out and put some antifreeze in the bilge; was down last Friday before the snowstorm we were expecting here in the northeast only to find a repeat of my previous visit. I can see no evidence of where the water is coming in. I have checked all the portals, all through deck mounts and hatches and can see nor feel any indication of leakage. I will be heading down tomorrow to remove any snow left on deck and look again for any indication as to where the intrusion is coming from. At this point I am leaning towards the cockpit drains, I looked there but didn't crawl into the locker to get a real close look. I'm really baffled and am pulling what's left of my hair trying to figure this out, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated .
Thanks
Chris
E35-III