Outside water in head bowl

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Larry

We are the new owners of a 1982 Cat 27. Our first sailboat! We're having a ball sailing in The Bay!! How do you keep outside water out of the bowl? After we "pump dry" the bowl fills with outside water and under way spills over, even if we close the petcock. Not sure if petcock is the right term. It doesn't smell.
 
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Tim Haibach

Water in Bowl

Having recently encountered a similar problem, there are 3 things to check. 1) Make sure the selector is set to dry bowl. 2)Make sure the plunger is all the way down. If left up or partially up, it will allow water from your thru hull intake line into the bowl. 3)Close the thru-hull while sailing if 1+2 don't work. If water is still filling the bowl with the thru-hull open, but the dry bowl set and the plunger down, then you may have to replace the seals located inside the plunger assembly, as is my case. A head rebuild kit may or may not work. You didn't mention what type of head you have, but the Groco model does have an upgrade kit at WM for $134 vs. $299 for a full new head. Rebuild kits cost around $60-$70. Good luck and let us know how things turn out.
 
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Tim Haibach

Additional Resource

As an additional resource, I host the Catalina27 yahoo group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27 Welcome to our family!
 
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