I was going to go sailing this weekend........
- Thread starter Mark Maulden
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Pulled the tank and brought it home. Put it on blocks and filled it up. It is not leaking. Last weekend I stuck the hose into the deck fill and filled it up and let it pressurize with water coming out the vent. Inspected all fittings and lines and everything came up dry. There was a significant amt of water under the tank when we pulled it. There is no fresh water forward or aft. Head/Galley on port side. It hasn't rained in months. In fact, we just (today) set an all time record for no rain. Bilges are bone dry. This is getting really mysterioius.... What happens is the carpet on the hull at the nav station gets wet. Only at the sole. Now, I'm wondering if there is some trapped water somewhere. We did sail last year with the deep bilge (probably) full as i was working on the shower drain. (Forgot to empty bilge) We did have a lot of water come up on the carpet. But we've done a lot of sailing since and no discoloration on the cabin sole. This seems to happen when the boat is used or been moving in the slip. We have had some wind a few days ago....I think we'll stow things and go sailing tomorrow (without tank/settee/etc) and see what happens. I might have to drill a limber hole somewhere. But one would expect water to exit where it might enter.......
After some 18 hrs of sitting in my driveway full of water, it finally started to leak. Then it stopped.......
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