How does water get in front of the steps
05-21-2012, 12:11 PM
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a big problem on mine i've found so far was the bow cleat and bow lights but yet I still getting water under my step, even after I sealed them up.
I'm not shure YET if this has fixed my problem but I noticed the fairing was siliconed on the bottom and not from the top, so any water that came in from the backside of the fairing/ or any screw holes was staying trapped between the deck and the fairing and once it go high enough it would dump into the cabin/under the step through the screw holes. I pulled my entire race fairing off this winter and it was nasty between the fairing/deck. and all the stains/scum line ended barely above the screw holes that hold the fairing on.
I just scraped all the silicone off completely and ONLY siliconed around the screw holes between the deck/ fairing that way any water that does get in can atleast escape.
I'm not shure YET if this has fixed my problem but I noticed the fairing was siliconed on the bottom and not from the top, so any water that came in from the backside of the fairing/ or any screw holes was staying trapped between the deck and the fairing and once it go high enough it would dump into the cabin/under the step through the screw holes. I pulled my entire race fairing off this winter and it was nasty between the fairing/deck. and all the stains/scum line ended barely above the screw holes that hold the fairing on.
I just scraped all the silicone off completely and ONLY siliconed around the screw holes between the deck/ fairing that way any water that does get in can atleast escape.
05-21-2012, 01:04 PM
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Any water in the bilge travels forward and doesnt drain back. These are the small steps and you can see the angle. I would get it dry and then plug off both sides of these tubes
05-21-2012, 11:41 PM
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Take a look at my post #8 on this thread. The reason you don't see any water draining from the cockpit area when you wash it down is because the water from those drains goes outboard of the stringers and then is running forward rather than back. This ends up under the step or forward below the anchor locker.
05-22-2012, 02:47 PM
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05-22-2012, 04:35 PM
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I gutted mine and doing a full coosa/ prisma preforms stringer system. Im real close to starting a thread on the resto. But there is 2 tubes on either side of the middle stringer, and this is where the gas tanks sit underneath the cockpit floor. Those tubes arent even schedule 40 pipe, there real thin wall stuff. I say to def block off both ends and then let it 'air out' everytime you wash it, because they do leak from bow rails, and front anchor locker. Just not near as much as what comes from the bilge.
05-22-2012, 10:10 PM
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This is the advice we took, plugging the bilge tube holes that run under the floor to the cabin, since then cabin's stayed dry
05-23-2012, 10:40 AM
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05-23-2012, 12:46 PM
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