380 leak through main cabin light over table

[Rob]

We have stumped our dealer with this 380 leak -- which arrived with boat delivery 3 years ago. Water comes in during rain but now when hosing down the deck. It drips through the forward of the triple-light fixture above the table in the main cabin. It travels to the light from the port-side aft corner of the removable section of the headliner surrounding the compression post (the compression post itself and other adjacent areas are dry). We can't see how the water travels to this point. Have resealed all the screws on deck piece just aft of mast. Has anyone else dealt with this? Second leak question: aft cabin headliner on port side: water collects length of headliner, it travels down port side wall near the fixed port and follows wood to collect under berth and ooze out into view. Dealer suspects this is a rubrail issue. Any takers? Rob

 

[Bruce Mulford]

Rubrail leak

As to your leak in the aft cabin, we discovered a serious aft cabin leak in our 2002 H410 pre-delivery this spring. There was a serious puddle under the aft mattress in the Stbd aft corner, as well as some waterstained teak in areas between it and the rubrail. The dealer removed the Stbd rubrail from mid-ship back to the center of the swim platform and resealed the seam. That seems to have fixed that problem. In dealing with this issue I learned that the dealer knew this was a common problem (at least on the 410) as they said that it was due to the production line putting the rubrail screws in on an angle rather than straight into the hull/deckseam. Seems to me if they knew how it was happening before removing the rubrail, they'd seen it more than once. I'd push the dealer to try the rubrail fix.

 

[Brian]

Same problem

Had the exact same problem on my 2001 380. Water was dripping in from the lights. Hunter pulled up the sea hood and some of the rollers were leaking where they were screwed in. The re-sealed everything and haven't seen any water since....I would defintely check under the sea hood though.Brian C.

 

[Larry Stewart]

Check the Sea Hood

I had the same problem on my 376...same location also as yours where the leak is...the row of lights. The screw holes where the sea hood is screwed down had been elongated and caused water to leak through the screw holes into the light fixture. I removed the sea hood, filled in the bad screw holes and redrilled and sealed again...no more leaks! ENjoy!...Larry...Sandy Sea

 

[Jeff Bacon]

Another hood problem area....

is where the wire for the solar panel goes through to the interior. Water can follow the wire and manifest itself anywhere. However, the cabin lights are a favorite spot.Good luck.... jeff

 

[Mark Juetten]

Same Here

Our 376 had same problem . Resealed sea hood holes and solar wire. Leak no longer present. horray !