Hunter 306 Head Head Liner

[jaysweet]

Not sure what to call this: the head liner in the head? Has anyone with a Hunter 306 (or maybe related models from close to 2004) ever removed the hard pan that lines the overhead part of the head? I'm worried about a possible/probable deck leak dripping on the top of the head liner, and wondering how to get it off or even if it's possible.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

Not at the boat right now but it seems to me I ran some wiring through here decades ago. This assumes the hard ceiling head hasn't changed much between my1999 and your 2004 :

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A closer shot of the entrance :

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You want to open that up to ensure it's ultimately dry up there. You will not access that area as all work is done on the exterior of the cabin roof.

Are you thinking the leak is through one of the machine screw hole(s) in the genoa track ? I'm guessing that anything fixed to the cabin roof is machine screwed into threaded aluminum backing plate(s) on the underside of the cabin roof and just above the hard ceiling.

Slow picky job but can be done if that's the source of water ingress into your head. Maybe into your boat's head too .

 

[jaysweet]

Not at the boat right now but it seems to me I ran some wiring through here decades ago. This assumes the hard ceiling head hasn't changed much between my1999 and your 2004 :

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A closer shot of the entrance :

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You want to open that up to ensure it's ultimately dry up there. You will not access that area as all work is done on the exterior of the cabin roof.

Are you thinking the leak is through one of the machine screw hole(s) in the genoa track ? I'm guessing that anything fixed to the cabin roof is machine screwed into threaded aluminum backing plate(s) on the underside of the cabin roof and just above the hard ceiling.

Slow picky job but can be done if that's the source of water ingress into your head. Maybe into your boat's head too .

Hi Ralph,

Thanks for your response. Our boats are sufficiently different that I don't think that panel exists in mine. Mine seems to have a molded hard head liner that it's hard to see how I could possibly drop down. The jib track is far forward of the head, so that's not the leak. As I mentioned, on the cabin top just above the head, there's a winch and a rope clutch. On the cabin side in the head, there's a window. And then lower down, at deck level, there's the hull/deck joint and the stations. If it's not a plumbing leak (which I believe with very low confidence), then it literally has to be one of these 5 things. I think I might start by taping plastic over the window to rule that out.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

Our boats are sufficiently different that I don't think that panel exists in mine.

OUCH ! Sounds like they've changed considerably over not too many years. Sorry my info is not going to be your salvation.

I think I might start by taping plastic over the window to rule that out.

I've had a micro leak in the V-berth for 27 years and have taped up every orifice remotely near the bow. Layer upon layer of epoxy in the anchor locker. Still no luck to date. It may back off for a year or so but I've always had complete confidence it will return ......... and it always has. Live in hope, die in despair.

Best of luck with yours.