Under y berth???

Status
Not open for further replies.
B

Boatsail1

.
Jul 30, 2012
43
O Day 28 foot Fernandina Beach
There is a wooden rectangular box under the y berth on O day 28. Any ideas????
 
Tom Potter

Tom Potter

.
Jun 28, 2009
104
1984 O'Day 28 Bath, NC
Sounds like where your holding tank goes. Pictures would help a great deal.
 
Panta Rei

Panta Rei

.
Nov 3, 2010
564
Oday 39 Lake mills WI
yes it's where the holding tank goes. I suggest you not remove it. It's a great platform to build upon for a larger holding tank.
 
B

Boatsail1

.
Jul 30, 2012
43
O Day 28 foot Fernandina Beach
Yes -- V berth. Bought her 1 month ago. Sailed ICW and ocean twice. In and out of inlets. Must watch tides. The holding tank is sitting on top the the wooden box. I will leave well enough alone. While up there I noticed the holding tank off shore dump valve has green oxidation on it. Thought of wire brushing and putting anti oxident on until can haul and check out closer. Electrical or dissimilar metals. Any ideas welcome.
 
P

Pat

.
Jun 7, 2004
1,250
Oday 272LE Ninnescah Yacht Club, Wichita, Ks.
Boatsail1 said:
Yes -- V berth. Bought her 1 month ago. Sailed ICW and ocean twice. In and out of inlets. Must watch tides. The holding tank is sitting on top the the wooden box. I will leave well enough alone. While up there I noticed the holding tank off shore dump valve has green oxidation on it. Thought of wire brushing and putting anti oxident on until can haul and check out closer. Electrical or dissimilar metals. Any ideas welcome.
Click to expand
Our 272 has 2 x 2 wooden pieces that keep the holding tank in place in rough weather...I may be wrong, but I don't believe it is really a box...just a frame designed to keep the tank in place when healing over or in rough seas.
Pat
 
jibes138

jibes138

.
Jan 27, 2008
3,086
ODay 35 Beaufort, NC
The valve you refer to is a ball valve and the green color is probably normal for bronze materials. Do you have a threaded thru hull then a ball valve screwed to that? Or it could be a real seacock but O'Day didn't seem to use that option. I doubt you have a dissimilar metal problem most likely just normal corrosion of bronze, clean it up and see how it is getting wet. If the through hull is leaking you need to fix it. If the valve is leaking you could be leaking holding tank stuff into your boat, nasty.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top Bottom