I recently discovered a concealed compartment in the forward most part of the V-berth (forward of the storage locker under the with no access, not connected to the bilge and holding a lot of water. Looking for some information about this area.
Water below the V-berth
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Andy
Check the freshwater tank
Is your freshwater tank in the V-berth? Once I let the fill on our fresh water tank run without watching it close and it started flowing out the tank level sensor fitting, over the side of the tank and below the tank. Its not a 30 but could this be the case with you?
Is your freshwater tank in the V-berth? Once I let the fill on our fresh water tank run without watching it close and it started flowing out the tank level sensor fitting, over the side of the tank and below the tank. Its not a 30 but could this be the case with you?
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Andy
Check the freshwater tank
Is your freshwater tank in the V-berth? Once I let the fill on our fresh water tank run without watching it close and it started flowing out the tank level sensor fitting, over the side of the tank and below the tank. Its not a 30 but could this be the case with you?
Is your freshwater tank in the V-berth? Once I let the fill on our fresh water tank run without watching it close and it started flowing out the tank level sensor fitting, over the side of the tank and below the tank. Its not a 30 but could this be the case with you?
Inaccessible voids are a NO-NO!
I don't know if this is actually help for you, RAF. but I will say by way of observation (and experience) that there is absolutely NO excuse for any boatbuilder to include ANY voids that cannot be opened and inspected. As sure as there is water (wait a minute-- there is!) these spaces will get wet and eventually rot. (Yes, even fiberglass 'rots'.) As a boat owner it is your job to find and examine these speces. All over my 1974 H-25 I have cut small openings, installed round deck plates, and made new bunktop lift-outs, all for the purpose of knowing what is in there and being able to do something about it. The one void under the internal fuel tank I am filling with two-part closed-cell foam. There is a drain tube under it connecting the under-seat locker spaces with the main bilge. Under my v-berth are three nice lift-out panels and three separate compartments, but I am installing drain tubes between them to be fitted with rubber stoppers. This way I can drain any water that unitentionally gets in there. NEVER underestimate the threat of having standing (eventually moldering) water in compartments you can't air and inspect.
I don't know if this is actually help for you, RAF. but I will say by way of observation (and experience) that there is absolutely NO excuse for any boatbuilder to include ANY voids that cannot be opened and inspected. As sure as there is water (wait a minute-- there is!) these spaces will get wet and eventually rot. (Yes, even fiberglass 'rots'.) As a boat owner it is your job to find and examine these speces. All over my 1974 H-25 I have cut small openings, installed round deck plates, and made new bunktop lift-outs, all for the purpose of knowing what is in there and being able to do something about it. The one void under the internal fuel tank I am filling with two-part closed-cell foam. There is a drain tube under it connecting the under-seat locker spaces with the main bilge. Under my v-berth are three nice lift-out panels and three separate compartments, but I am installing drain tubes between them to be fitted with rubber stoppers. This way I can drain any water that unitentionally gets in there. NEVER underestimate the threat of having standing (eventually moldering) water in compartments you can't air and inspect.
Inaccessible voids are a NO-NO!
I don't know if this is actually help for you, RAF. but I will say by way of observation (and experience) that there is absolutely NO excuse for any boatbuilder to include ANY voids that cannot be opened and inspected. As sure as there is water (wait a minute-- there is!) these spaces will get wet and eventually rot. (Yes, even fiberglass 'rots'.) As a boat owner it is your job to find and examine these speces. All over my 1974 H-25 I have cut small openings, installed round deck plates, and made new bunktop lift-outs, all for the purpose of knowing what is in there and being able to do something about it. The one void under the internal fuel tank I am filling with two-part closed-cell foam. There is a drain tube under it connecting the under-seat locker spaces with the main bilge. Under my v-berth are three nice lift-out panels and three separate compartments, but I am installing drain tubes between them to be fitted with rubber stoppers. This way I can drain any water that unitentionally gets in there. NEVER underestimate the threat of having standing (eventually moldering) water in compartments you can't air and inspect.
I don't know if this is actually help for you, RAF. but I will say by way of observation (and experience) that there is absolutely NO excuse for any boatbuilder to include ANY voids that cannot be opened and inspected. As sure as there is water (wait a minute-- there is!) these spaces will get wet and eventually rot. (Yes, even fiberglass 'rots'.) As a boat owner it is your job to find and examine these speces. All over my 1974 H-25 I have cut small openings, installed round deck plates, and made new bunktop lift-outs, all for the purpose of knowing what is in there and being able to do something about it. The one void under the internal fuel tank I am filling with two-part closed-cell foam. There is a drain tube under it connecting the under-seat locker spaces with the main bilge. Under my v-berth are three nice lift-out panels and three separate compartments, but I am installing drain tubes between them to be fitted with rubber stoppers. This way I can drain any water that unitentionally gets in there. NEVER underestimate the threat of having standing (eventually moldering) water in compartments you can't air and inspect.
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Benny
Perform a test.
Turn your water pump pressure on and listen. If your pump cycles every couple of minutes while everything is closed then you have a leak. Check the pump and all the hoses and clamps. A small leak over a period of days can empty your water tank right into the bilge or the closests comparment.
Turn your water pump pressure on and listen. If your pump cycles every couple of minutes while everything is closed then you have a leak. Check the pump and all the hoses and clamps. A small leak over a period of days can empty your water tank right into the bilge or the closests comparment.
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Benny
Perform a test.
Turn your water pump pressure on and listen. If your pump cycles every couple of minutes while everything is closed then you have a leak. Check the pump and all the hoses and clamps. A small leak over a period of days can empty your water tank right into the bilge or the closests comparment.
Turn your water pump pressure on and listen. If your pump cycles every couple of minutes while everything is closed then you have a leak. Check the pump and all the hoses and clamps. A small leak over a period of days can empty your water tank right into the bilge or the closests comparment.
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Ron Ford
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Thanks for the input. I have cut a bunktop panel into the V-berth to access the area. Water tank fill hose not leaking. Tested around the base plate of the forestay and this is where the water is getting in. More work to do (as always).
Thanks for the input. I have cut a bunktop panel into the V-berth to access the area. Water tank fill hose not leaking. Tested around the base plate of the forestay and this is where the water is getting in. More work to do (as always).
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Larry
water on H30
I also have a 1990 Hunter 30G. I went and inspected mine again after reading your post this am. That area has alwaysshown signs of past damage but has no standing water. Do you see trails coming down the side of hold or just water at bottom? There is a freshwater tank and hoses there. If it were a leak from deck coming down liner as I have had in v berth I woudl thin standing water would be minimal.
I also have a 1990 Hunter 30G. I went and inspected mine again after reading your post this am. That area has alwaysshown signs of past damage but has no standing water. Do you see trails coming down the side of hold or just water at bottom? There is a freshwater tank and hoses there. If it were a leak from deck coming down liner as I have had in v berth I woudl thin standing water would be minimal.
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