Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 29 leak (Wilkie)

Wilkie: Thanks, I'll have to take a look at that area. Having a 3-29 only gives me access from the starboard cockpit locker, and not very good access at that. I have to admit that my eyes have not moved much past the steering quadrant/rudder area as far as inspection. I'll give a look on Sat. Les Hester Bay Breeze 3-29#1005 Swan Creek, Md. From: David Wilkie Owen <wi… [at] mariposasailing.com> Les, It�s in the actual scupper, where a roughly 2� hole is molded into the cockpit scupper and bonded to the hull where it passes through. There are no hoses draining the 29�s cockpit. It�s a pretty easy fix, but involves glassing to do it rigid. I suppose some 5200 used as caulking would work also � applied lying on your side in the lazarettes with fingers and vinyl gloves? I had a crew member�s cell phone destroyed when he thoughtlessly used the sink in the galley as storage during a heavy air race, so I know water can come up through that sink, but on Mariposa it would drain back into the ice box since the fiddles around the counter would contain it. Wilkie From: <ld… [at] comcast.net> Reply-To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:54:49 +0000 To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] CAl 29 leak (Was Out Patient Waxed) Wilkie: is the leak in the bottom of the drain or in the deck/hull joint in that area? It is a very odd setup. Les Hester 3-29#1005 Bay Breeze Swan Creek, Md. From: David Wilkie Owen <wi… [at] mariposasailing.com> Randy, You are single handedly keeping Cal 29 racing alive in these parts. I am concerned about your leak. Other than the obvious thru-hulls and shaft packing there is a �secret� leak that Cal 29�s can develop. It�s in the scupper at the aft end of the cockpit sole. When the deck half of the boat is joined to the hull half there have been instances of failure that I was made aware of by a surveyor in Seattle. It�s an easy fix but not easily detected. In following seas or sailing or motoring up near hull-speed that cockpit drain is under water. Wilkie