Where is all this water coming from?

[Tony Thomas]

Everytime it rains I get water in my boat. It is not coming from the windows or the hatch(as far as I can tell) The water collects in the cabin around where the keel bolts to the body. I have noticed that there are two holes in one of the three cavities underneath the wooden deck boards. After I use a wet vac to get the water out of the cavities, I then have to duck tape a small vinyl hose to the vaccum hose and suck the water out of these two small holes(about half an inch in diameter). I think that the water is coming through the mast somehow but I have never taken down the mast before to see what it look likes. Can anyone help me? I am really getting tired of vaccuming! 1985 Hunter 23

 

[Joe]

Water in the H23

Check the archives, I bought my 87 H23 about 1 year ago and had the same problem. Someone had compiled a list of "hidden leaks" and posted it here before. I checked all of the items on the list and sure enough, now I have no leaks (of course now that I say that I'll have one). I think that my problem was the anchor well drain was leaking around the fitting and the forward hatch seal was improperly fitted. Look for the list, it really helped me. Let me know if you cannot fond it in the archives and I'll see if I can find it for you. Good Luck and enjoy your H23, we sure have enjoyed ours...

 

[Crazy Dave Condon]

leak

You may want to look at the shroud chain plates as a good source of leakage. However, there is a good way to find the leaks. Tape up the forward hatch, cockpit locker. Cover the entireway with plastic and tape in place. Take a leaf blower and stick into the plastic and tape around it.Turn the leaf bloweer on and take a bucket of saop water with a brush and brush everything and where you see bubling, there is your souce of water leaks.Crazy dave condon

 

[Greg Hartgraves]

Leaking H23

Tony,As Joe mentioned in the earlier post, there are many ways for water to reach the cabin bilge. I had good success running a bead of silicone along the top of the rub rail. Rain water was running off the deck and through the crack between the top of the rub rail and the deck. From there it went through the deck to hull joint behind the rub rail. Good luck.GregS/V Paradise

 

[Hal Pyke]

Leaking Rub Rail

I was dumbfounded by leaks in the same area. I thought I'd covered every possibility. I couldn't see how the water would get to the Keel Bolts from the Rub Rail but when I sealed it ( top only ) there was never another drop in the cabin.Give it a shot. Good luck.Hal PykeKestrel II