1999 Hunter 310 bilge water

[Necessity]

Just wanted to find out where this water is coming in from. My 310 has been in the shipyard for the winter and after cleaning out the bilge and emptying out the water I noticed that a slow leak seems to come up from where keel bolts are located. Does anyone else have this issue with a slow leak coming up from the bottom of the boat?

 

[Tally Ho]

Was the boat in the water when you saw the leak? Or still on the hard?

When I launch my O’Day 322 each spring, I get some water in the bilge…I don’t know if it is water that was trapped in the liner somewhere over the winter, or a fitting that takes time to swell and seal. Or something else. But after a few days of sucking up the water, she dries out.

if you are in salt water, you can taste it and see if it is salty…I am in fresh water so hard to tell where it comes from.

Greg