1985 Hunter 40.
So this seems like it could be my biggest issue. Everything else I can get my head around what to do about it, but this one has me worried.
I see 4 places where water comes in when it rains. All of them are in the aft cabin.
#1 drip is coming in on the starboard side, dripping down the fuzzy (what the hell is that material anyway?) siding of the interior hull and pooling on the shelf beside the bed. The wood there is rotted and growing flora. It's a couple inches away from one of the electrical outlets too, which concerns me.
#2 drip is also on the starboard hull coming in right where the the topside deck ends and the transom storage begins.
#3 drip is the same as #2, but on the port side.
#4 drip is pouring out of the fuzzy material separating the ceiling of the rear cabin from the aft compartment housing the diesel tank and rudder assembly.
What I conclude from all of this is that any water above deck is either coming in through the scuppers and finding its way into the ceiling, or coming in through the hull seem, traveling backwards, and eventually finding the lowest point in the fiberglass to leak through.
So basically I have 80' of seem in which to find 2 leaks, and also the scuppers and pedestal seal to check.
I've got some of that "Captain Tolley's Penetrating Glue" in the hopes that I can drip it into every crevice I see and hopefully if I do that enough the leaks will be plugged eventually.
Help? Is there a way to do this other than disassembling the entire hull, scraping out the joint, and re-sealing it?
(can post a pic or two tonight if needed)
So this seems like it could be my biggest issue. Everything else I can get my head around what to do about it, but this one has me worried.
I see 4 places where water comes in when it rains. All of them are in the aft cabin.
#1 drip is coming in on the starboard side, dripping down the fuzzy (what the hell is that material anyway?) siding of the interior hull and pooling on the shelf beside the bed. The wood there is rotted and growing flora. It's a couple inches away from one of the electrical outlets too, which concerns me.
#2 drip is also on the starboard hull coming in right where the the topside deck ends and the transom storage begins.
#3 drip is the same as #2, but on the port side.
#4 drip is pouring out of the fuzzy material separating the ceiling of the rear cabin from the aft compartment housing the diesel tank and rudder assembly.
What I conclude from all of this is that any water above deck is either coming in through the scuppers and finding its way into the ceiling, or coming in through the hull seem, traveling backwards, and eventually finding the lowest point in the fiberglass to leak through.
So basically I have 80' of seem in which to find 2 leaks, and also the scuppers and pedestal seal to check.
I've got some of that "Captain Tolley's Penetrating Glue" in the hopes that I can drip it into every crevice I see and hopefully if I do that enough the leaks will be plugged eventually.
Help? Is there a way to do this other than disassembling the entire hull, scraping out the joint, and re-sealing it?
(can post a pic or two tonight if needed)