Hi guys, thanks for all the interest. Sorry I was off working for a bit. I will try to give more detail...
What is the history of your boat and the water in the bilge.
- I've had the boat a few months. Before me it was sitting on the hard for quite a while I would assume. Possibly a year or two?
Is that since you have owned her or just in recent weeks, months...?
- I would have to say it has been like this the whole time.
You're in Washington, so cold water, ocean, lake? Have you considered condensation? It is freshwater you are collecting only?!
- Its definately freshwater, so Im happy about that! It sits in salt water in Gig Harbor.
You dried the bilge and it refilled in half an hour, how long have you left it and how much have you seen at the deepest?
- I've only happened across it with the bilge pump not running, but when I get to it usually theres and inch or so. The bilge seems to slop forward some, so the deepest water is toward the bow. Maybe 2 inches tops. It doesn't usually run all the way to the other end. Stops around the pump of course..
Do you have any flotation foam that could be wet and slowly dripping? Since you didn't say anything about the weather conditions, I assume you are getting spillage from collected water. What model newport is it?
- I don't know of any flotation foam. Haven't seen any anywhere. Its a 1978 Newport 30 Mk II.
I dried it before this last trip of mine. I've been gone for 4 days and stopped by on my way home just now. Same thing! I don't think its rained. I marked the water tank level, and that didn't seem to change any. It probably had 1 inch in it today. It doesn't seem to be that big of a deal, my only concern really is that if there's any leak at all in the bilge floor at all there's water rolling down into the keel. The original asbestos/resin seal on top of it was a mess when I got it and I have since fiber glassed the bilge, but who knows if its a solid seal. Some of it was very hard to get to while glassing...
Am I stressing over nothing? Ive talked to two local Newports, both are wet in the bilge.
Jazz