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Terry Arnold
leak location finding
Marvin, it is certainly possible that water could be leaking through a faulty bonding of the rudder bearing tube with the hull. ...Especially if the boat has grounded hard on the rudder. Check to see if the tabbing on the upper rudder shaft bearing is still securely fastened. On my boat, tabbing was loosened probably from an earlier grounding and had to be redone. The rudder area of the H33 is insanely inaccessible, even going in aft of the quarterberth but it is possible to get in there with a lot of squirming. The rudder mounted through a kind of skeg section produces a marked v on the inside of the hull which at least makes it a bit easier to determine just where water gets into the trough. i would clean all of the accumulated gunk out of this v, dry it out and then get back in there while underway and see where the water first shows up. As a strengthening measure on my boat, I glassed in the block that the rudder tube is embedded in. As the photo shows, on the 79 H33 there is a good bit of room above the block that could be used for extra layup to strenthen and seal around the outside of the tube if that is necessary. You can see in the photo whre I glassed in the whole area aft of the rudder tube block to keep water from ponding back there.
Marvin, it is certainly possible that water could be leaking through a faulty bonding of the rudder bearing tube with the hull. ...Especially if the boat has grounded hard on the rudder. Check to see if the tabbing on the upper rudder shaft bearing is still securely fastened. On my boat, tabbing was loosened probably from an earlier grounding and had to be redone. The rudder area of the H33 is insanely inaccessible, even going in aft of the quarterberth but it is possible to get in there with a lot of squirming. The rudder mounted through a kind of skeg section produces a marked v on the inside of the hull which at least makes it a bit easier to determine just where water gets into the trough. i would clean all of the accumulated gunk out of this v, dry it out and then get back in there while underway and see where the water first shows up. As a strengthening measure on my boat, I glassed in the block that the rudder tube is embedded in. As the photo shows, on the 79 H33 there is a good bit of room above the block that could be used for extra layup to strenthen and seal around the outside of the tube if that is necessary. You can see in the photo whre I glassed in the whole area aft of the rudder tube block to keep water from ponding back there.
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