I have a 31' Hunter (not Cherubini) built in 1983. I live on the boat exclusively and have owned it for just under two years.
This summer I was out of town a lot. One time I came back, and the water tank was full. I thought the guy who works on my boat had filled it for me, but he said he had not. It's enough of a bother to fill that tank that I was sure I couldn't have filled it and forgotten, but since I was going out of town again, I drained it through the kitchen sink.
Got back in town and noticed the bilge pump periodically pumping out small amounts of water. Since I wasn't using any water on the boat (not even the ice box, which drains into the bilge) that was a puzzle. I caught it in a bucket -- fresh water.
Then I went to wipe down the inside of the water tank, having left it open to dry -- and found it overflowing with water. That's why the bilge pump -- the overflow was trickling into the bottom of the engine compartment, and then to the bilge. Once again, fresh, not salt.
So far I've pumped about 90 gal. of FRESH water out of the water tank, which by the way had its lid resealed very well fairly recently, but the deck does not leak anywhere ... and it hasn't rained in weeks anyway. I pumped it out about 24 hours ago and the tank is nearly half full again already. The water includes a very fine silt (fine as talc powder when dry).
I live in a salt water marina, only one water tank, and no shore supply of water. Does anyone have ANY idea where this fresh water could be coming from???
This summer I was out of town a lot. One time I came back, and the water tank was full. I thought the guy who works on my boat had filled it for me, but he said he had not. It's enough of a bother to fill that tank that I was sure I couldn't have filled it and forgotten, but since I was going out of town again, I drained it through the kitchen sink.
Got back in town and noticed the bilge pump periodically pumping out small amounts of water. Since I wasn't using any water on the boat (not even the ice box, which drains into the bilge) that was a puzzle. I caught it in a bucket -- fresh water.
Then I went to wipe down the inside of the water tank, having left it open to dry -- and found it overflowing with water. That's why the bilge pump -- the overflow was trickling into the bottom of the engine compartment, and then to the bilge. Once again, fresh, not salt.
So far I've pumped about 90 gal. of FRESH water out of the water tank, which by the way had its lid resealed very well fairly recently, but the deck does not leak anywhere ... and it hasn't rained in weeks anyway. I pumped it out about 24 hours ago and the tank is nearly half full again already. The water includes a very fine silt (fine as talc powder when dry).
I live in a salt water marina, only one water tank, and no shore supply of water. Does anyone have ANY idea where this fresh water could be coming from???