Moisture in the storage step entering the cabin
 

How does it get there? My tools are getting wet for some reason and I can't figure out how.. Does it leak rain through the hatch? .. I store it outside covered.

remove the forward mirror and check the lifting loop and nav lights for sealing.

Why is there no drain in this compartment or in the cuddy floor? Seems odd or is this standard with cuddy boats? My 27 had water on the cuddy floor and in that storage compartment. Hopefully it was from me pressure washing the cockpit. Once it dries out I guess I'll find out. No stains in the headliner or interior so I'm not too concerned.... yet...

Their was a several page discussion on this a while back. What the general thought was, the bilge and cabin are supposed to be sealed so no water can run from the bilge forward. But what we have noticed is boats with more water in the bilge have more water under that step into the cabin. If you look at your boat on the trailer the lowest point of the hull is right where that step is inside the cabin. Its decieving when you look at it. Its supposed to be sealed with foam where they mounted the fuel tanks under the floor preventing anything from running foward. It may have taken a long time for this water to work its way foward but it seems that if your bilge stays very dry usually their is no water under that step. Some think the bow rails are leaking water under them, or the lifting eye or anchor locker, if you have one, and have resealed them to find they still get water under that step.

there is a little slop in the front lifting loop....Imma garden hose it when i look behind the mirror.. how does the mirror usualy come off?

I have the same problem, i have taken a shop vac and sucked it out and cheked it a few days later and there be just as much in there???????????????

Just a thought but I would put a dehumidifier in the cabin and let it run for a few days. I have done this with a cruiser and it solved the problem. Sometimes water gets in and their is just no other way to get it out.

Remove the plastic screw caps, then the screws. Frame and mirror comes right out.

My 27 used to get water up front too, but from the bilge. As mentioned, the keel is lower in front than in back while on the trailer, maybe even when resting in the water?? The drain hole for the forward hull into the bilge was right at the bottom, so any water that got into teh bilge would simply run forward. I just stuck a rubber stopper in that hole and never had a drop in the front again. This only happened when I would wash the bilge down though since I didn't have any issues of water in there otherwise.

My 32 has on occasion some water in front, (maybe a cup or 2), but only after heavy rains when in my slip since the nose stuck out a little from under the roof. That I haven't really looked at since it only happened a coulpe times a yr. The forward hull drains in the 32's bilge are up a good 6" from the bottom, and my bilge is always 100% dry, I know the issue is up front. I did reseal my nav light last yr because I could run the hose over the light and see water leak into the nose, just not sure if it was enough??

I have a little bilge pump under that step not sure were it drains to it was there when I got the boat. I figured it drains to the back or the bottom of the hull so the main bilge pump's can take care of it.

Out the side next to the sink drain.

My 27 does the same thing, kept on a lift, and when there is water in the bilge, I get a little in front under the step as well. The bow is a bit higher than the stern, but that is a low spot in the keel. When the bilge is dry, I shop vac the area under the cabin step and it stays dry until my main bilge gets any water in it. I have just accepted it. :angry-smiley-038: Water can leak in from the base of the windshield, onto the floor, down the rear drains and into the bilge...that's how it gets there while on the trailer.

Also have to go swimming, or launch a dinghy to get to my drain plugs.... being that I pull the boat in bow first due to water depth.

cleats
 

the side cleats may not have cups on them either . this will put water in the front under the cockpit floor. The lack of cups made my side compartments wet when it rained.
hope it helps!

no way is your 32 bilge 100% dry unless you glassed in the rear vent holes which flood w/ the smallest waves while anchored!

My 32's bilge is 100% dry. Not a drop.
I had to reseal the rubrail to get there though. I never had water get in throught the vent tubes.

I resealed the transom as well with 5200

I was really shocked @ what was underneath my rubrail on the transom.... You could even make out where someone @ the factory had wrote what looks like "sloppy" on the starboard corner I tried some sealant but I didn't do a very good job, I'm gonna try it again this weekend....

Water in the step area in a step bottom boat is just a given. The chit is gravity based by nature, and will seek the lowest point, mother nature at work.

The funny thing here is that when I came on here for a look see the new OSO add machine pulled up a link to a basement waterproofer! :lolhit:

cockpit floor drains
 

do they drain into the forward compartment on a 47?? while rinsing it out it did not go into the bilge or at least directly.
Boat was on trailer with the nose way up since I was washing it out.
Thanks

If you use your built in cooler try pouring water in the cooler and look under the step. My 98 32 fever cooler drains there but the pump wont empty it completely.

I have owned X3 Fountains and they all did the same thing???? so I just bought a good shop vac.......