hunter 37 cutter

[Kenneth Wallace]

I have a leak in my cabin. I taken everything off, the hand rails, brow, hatches, replaced to portholes and sealed around the mast. I still have a leak through the head liner over the galley. It is driving me crazy... How can I track it down... I have an 81 hunter 37 cutter. I have also take the traveler off for the cutter and sealed it.. My next step is to take all the portholes out. I replaced the one over the galley...Need help??? If you can email me a kwallace@csc.craven.cc.nc.us

 

[Alan J]

Leaks!!!!

I sail a 1985 H37C and had a leak showing itself thru the electrical wiring hole thru the headliner in the aft port cabin. I eventually tracked it down as coming from the screws holding down the forard hatch. Leaks are a bummer, keep looking..

 

[Ed Schenck]

Can you isolate?

Ken, can you use a hose and isolate the cabintop area? I would start with the area around the companionway. Build some kind of a dam so that the water cannot run forward or down over the portlights. I think you need to rule out that area first.As you know and Alan pointed out the water can travel through that headliner. But with a hose and some damming you should be able to find it.You state "over the galley" but what does that mean? Higher or lower than the portlight? Back where the headliner and toerail meet?

 

[Tom Hadoulias]

Soap Test..

You can seal the boat with plastic in the lazaretes, companionway and other non-sealed openings, tighten the hatches and portlights, use a large shop-vac on the blower side with the hose plumbed to an access hole in your plastic sheeting say at the companionway and pressurize the boat with the shop-vac. Now use a soap solution over the entire boat, you won't believe how many leaks you'll find. Mine leaked at the portlights, dripped on the inner liner and traveled aft over the galley and ice box.Good Luck,Tom HadouliasS/V Lite Chop