Original main sheet track removal and reinstall

Zoombats · **Joined:** 16 Jan 2019 08:52 **Posts:** 105

I know this isn't a new topic and probably covered here before. I am having trouble searching. I am on the hard in Florida and I am chasing down a trouble some leak in the aft port section of the cabin. I have both side headliners and the forward of the companionway removed. I have a couple of serious water egress points where the deck planes converge. I suspect that water is getting into the deck substrate and migrating back towards the cabin combing and aft bulkhead. I have rebedded the slide covers and winches and cleats but water is still dripping after days of rain suggesting water soaked ply. How is the main traveller track fastened other than the obvious four bolts on the out board teak towers? Are the remaing ones along the track machine bolts into tapped hole under the cabin hatch turtle? #337

WayneH · **Posted:** 29 Dec 2023 21:05

First off, I don't know how the traveler is fastened down at the turtle.

However, my water ingress was from the dorades as the joint around the bottom inside of the dorade was cracked. We painted the inside of the dorades with white Flex Seal and YAY!! Dryness ensued!!

I hope you get the answer you are looking for.

t37-panacea · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2006 17:26 **Posts:** 75

I concur on a possible leak from the dorades.

Search for dorades leaks for other posts on the subject.

Mark

Zoombats · **Joined:** 16 Jan 2019 08:52 **Posts:** 105

I did take the cover off and sure enough there was a half an in of water in the back end of the dorade house. The scuppers are a little high and could be elongated a little. I did take the time to scrape out a lot of the failing gelcoat and using a heat gun I dried it out. I epoxied a couple of cleats under the edge of the box to enable a screw to bare down in something other than 1/4" of glass. I will rebed the teak cover and flow some polyester into the bottom of the house to try and cover the bottom with a bit more of a seal. The six loose screws and the unbedded cover were less than stellar in the water proof department. It will all add up in the scheme of things. I think I need to rebed everything I can eventually. Thanks. #337

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