Where do find the leaks?

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Ken Palmer

Blow up your boat?

I have read about the leaf blower or vacuum cleaner trick several times. It make perfect sense to me. No way would it ever blow out heck hardware (my opinion). I don't think you need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. Ken Palmer, S/V Liberty
 
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GSR8200

Air Pressure vs Flow Rate

Yes air pressure will cause significant load on the hull. simple math of pounds per square inch times the area pressurized (in square inches)will result in load in the outward direction of eac section. 5 psi is huge! The real question is flow rate, i.e. how much flow is required to maintain pressure and can the equipment handle it, if the vessel is completely sealed - I wouldn't want to be anywhere near it. Recommend you walk slowly here. Also - aircraft are specially built with circumferential frames that react the internal pressure. A jet at 30,000 ft needs about 9 psi, and they are built much stronger than any boat for this type of loading.
 
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Janel

No leaks for one year!

I have a 1977 H-25 and she's 23 years old and dry as a bone -- even in San Francisco windy, wet winters in the water. I've done very little to keep her this way short of regular maintenance. I haven't had to rebed the windows yet cuz they don't leak. Murphy's Law -- if it doesn't leak, don't fix it! Check those cockpit instruments. They can really let in gallons of water in the rainy season. Not to mention when you are taking in a lot of spray when your dodger is down or off and all water is running over the hatch into the cockpit. I had 5 inches of water in my bilge because of a leaky "new compass" installation. Try a little duct tape around instruments in the rain or when cruising with a lot of spray and just see if your bilge all of a suddenly becomes dry. Mine did and made me certain of the fix. Been dry ever since. Good luck with your leaks! I hope your problems are as simple as mine. Ms. Toad's Wild Ride San Francisco Bay, California
 
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Richard Owen

The 460 - A Dry Boat

I am now is season #3 for our 460, and I am impressed with the lack of leaks on our 460. Is this boat particularly dry? I mentioned this fact on the CWBB and was told that I am just lucky!! I would like to hear from other owners of newer Hunters because I am thinking that the new boats are dryer and would like to hear some feedback on this. ROwen H460
 
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SailboatOwners.com

Final results

Final results for the Quick Quiz ending 2/19/2001: Where do you find leaks in your boat? 48% Ports/hatches 24% None 15% Mast 14% Hull to deck joint
 
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J A McGinn

The non leak boat

Maintenance of fridges, Heads and Watermakers There is a never ending problem with these items – fix one and a leak obligingly jumps to the fore somewhere else. Re-gassing the fridge only lasts a few weeks, the watermaker a few days and the heads only last until you have the next visitor….. And our boat is only 10 months old….. Not so much the boatbuilder (very well known), but the kits themselves. Can someone offer a constructive comment on possible solutions please ? If they can put Men on the Moon, surely leakproof pipe joints are not beyond the wit of Human kind ! We saw the answer to the watermaker leaks last year in the form of a small desalinator towed on a tube behind the boat. It has a propellor to drive it on one end. Looked like a torpedo. Unfortunately we do not now have the details & West Marine etc cannot help. If anyone can advise who does these it will be appreciated.
 
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