Hunter 33.5 leak into Galley

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Jun 19, 2011
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Hunter 33.5 1989 Nanaimo
We are new owners of a 1989 Hunter 33.5. The galley floor has a rubberized mat secured with some sort of adhesive that is all bubbled and needs to be replaced. We did not notice it (how is that possible?) when we bought the boat but now I see it has been caused by water leaking from the starboard lazarette. The wood at the bottom of the fridge is all stained and damaged from the water as well. The problem is....we can't really see where water from the lazarette should drain. I though I would check with this forum first in case anyone else has had this problem and maybe could save us some time (and cost) trying to diagnose the problem.
Thanks so much!
 
May 24, 2004
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Hunter 33.5 Portsmouth, RI
Tracy, We have a 1990 33.5 and had some water damage to the botton edges of the teak plywood in front of the Ice Box, the Stove, and the Galley Sink a few inches up from the cabin deck. The water seemed to be coming out from under the Ice Box...but after a while we noticed it was only after running the engine. It turned out to be leaking from the Raw Water Vented Loop at the rear of the engine compartment on the bulkhead just above the engine. It is in the hose line the takes the warm cooling sea water from the engine and delivers it to the mixing elbow so it can go out with the exhaust. The small vented Loop at the top of the stainless steel inverted U shaped tubing has welded on mounting ears that are screwed into the bulkhead with the sound deadening insulation. This presses the vented Loop (plastic) against the insulated bulkhead and pushes it forward. This puts the rear threads in tension and the forward threads in compression.. The whole thing vibrates every time the engine is running. A failure waiting to happen. Get longer mounting screws and put some standoffs behind the mounting ears (a stack of washers would work). This brings the vented Loop Valve away from the bulkhead. You would need to replace the vented loop Valve (Scott Marine VB-18) also. We have not seen any leaking from the lazerette into the cabin. We ocassonally get water into the lazerette when washing down the cockpit, but just sponge it out. I finally replaced the last 6 or so inches of the teak plywood with some Teak marine Plywood from Boulter Plywood in Sommerville, MA - it came out great.
 
Jun 19, 2011
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Hunter 33.5 1989 Nanaimo
We are new owners of a 1989 Hunter 33.5. The galley floor has a rubberized mat secured with some sort of adhesive that is all bubbled and needs to be replaced. We did not notice it (how is that possible?) when we bought the boat but now I see it has been caused by water leaking from the starboard lazarette. The wood at the bottom of the fridge is all stained and damaged from the water as well. The problem is....we can't really see where water from the lazarette should drain. I though I would check with this forum first in case anyone else has had this problem and maybe could save us some time (and cost) trying to diagnose the problem.
Thanks so much!
Thank you navigator97! I am so glad someone posted something (this is my first time trying this site). I will definitely look into what you have recommended. I said it was the lazerette just because I can't see where else it could be coming from. We sometimes get water in the cupboard under the sink draining from the ice box but it is contained and I just mop it up- that is on the other side of the galley from where this leak is. We were just power washing the boat a few days ago and water was in the galley again I think from the starboard lazerette. It pools in a corner in the forward most port side and I think somehow drains right thru into the galley. But i will check the Raw Water Vented Loop today!
 
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