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The portlights are not completely sealed...

Posted By: Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay
Date: 9/27/07 11:36a.m.

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In Response To: Okay Adam (Skipper Adams)

...however, the water that seeps in that way doesn't account for the amount of water I have inside.

Basically it drips from the molded headliner onto the small (almost useless) shelves on either side of the boat, and eventually makes it onto the cushions. It could be from anywhere above that molded unit. I HATE molded headliners. It's so difficult to find the source this way!

Interestingly, I don't have a tabernacle. It looks like the mast is just sitting on the deck. I'm hoping there is some kind of shoe in there, but I can't see it. I will hopefully be pulling the mast in a month or so and then will really see how things are set up.

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Hey Adam -- Skipper Adams -- 9/22/07 6:42p.m.
Hmmm. That would explain some things... -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/22/07 7:37p.m.
partly because the leech droops as the sail is rolled up -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 6:45a.m.
HAVE MERCY -- Skipper Adams -- 9/23/07 9:13a.m.
Port Lavaca is where we keep the boat- it's about 125 miles from Houston -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 11:37a.m.
What, you're telling me Laura didn't get that done on her cruise? -- Rachel -- 9/23/07 2:33p.m.
lol- nope- she got the eyebrows done, the starboard toe rail -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 5:40p.m.
Ugh, I'm not a big stainless fan anyway, as you know... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 6:33p.m.
seem to be ok. We have a very few bronze clevis pins which I hoard -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/24/07 8:23p.m.
It seems impossible, but I've seen split rings come off "by themselves"... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 9:09p.m.
Jamestown distributors . . . -- Lee -- 9/25/07 4:43a.m.
Try Shaw and Tenney- but stand by for the prices -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:38a.m.
Jamestown shows Silicone Bronze COTTER pins, but only stainless Clevis pins -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 6:36a.m.
Yep- one of the reasons I dislike them- saw a flailing jib sheet -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:41a.m.
Bronze Blocks -- Eden Cowart -- 1/29/08 9:19a.m.
re:Above waterline leak -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/26/07 5:37p.m.
Okay Adam -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 9:17a.m.
 The portlights are not completely sealed...  -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 11:36a.m.
Gotcha -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 1:22p.m.
Sealing the base of the mast -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 3:37p.m.
Of course there are differing opinions on this, but I consider silicone... -- Rachel -- 9/27/07 7:26p.m.
I was refraining, hoping you'd chime in. I won't allow silicone aboard. -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/27/07 7:44p.m.
Hee hee, the "two-man" anti-silicone band (not that we're the only ones) -- Rachel -- 9/28/07 3:55p.m.
ROFL - now Rachel- from someone who is "womanizing" a booth at Trawlerfest, I'm -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/28/07 6:12p.m.
I know, but "two-person band" just doesn't have a ring to it -- Rachel -- 9/29/07 5:26a.m.
How's the show going? Tiring I'll bet. Will we see you chatting tonight? -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/29/07 5:37a.m.
Leaks revisited -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 11:27a.m.
Sounds like you are onto something -- Skipper Adams -- 10/15/07 2:00p.m.
I've never rebedded -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 5:03p.m.
Same here -- Skipper Adams -- 10/18/07 11:37a.m.
Towels -- Joe McCary -- 9/23/07 5:50p.m.
Yep- I think jiffy reefing is the way to go -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 7:30p.m.


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