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Old 08-28-2019, 01:05 PM   #5
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I feel your pain Vadim. I had the same experience with my last sailboat. No amount of testing with a hose would produce any water, but let the boat sit in the PNW gentle rain for a week and then I would get a leak. I was even able to trace the water leaking down the inside of the hull, but had a heck of a time finding the source. I ended up rebedding every fitting on that section of the deck and that didn't stop it. In the end, Captain Tolly's Creeping Crack Cure applied to anything that even hinted at an opening, was able to stop the leak.


I did try pressuring the boat and doing the soap bubble trick. It didn't work for me. Taping paper towels to the hull above the bilge can help you trace where the water is coming down if it is running down the inside of the hull.


Good luck. I know the frustration.
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