HerbertFriedman
Member III
In this rainy season in the SF bay area, I think I have found a new leak and am asking if anyone else has seen this or, better yet, fixed it.
I notice a leak coming from the head liner where the (keel stepped) mast passes through the cabin top. I do get quite a bit of water in the bilge during a hard rain, exiting the very bottom of the mast (in a bilge area) through a small hole where the UHF antenna wire exits. No problem, the bilge pump takes care of this water.
I had the mast unstepped two years ago to replace the standing rigging and when the mast was re stepped, a cylindrical rubber sleeve was put on the mast and then folded back on itself (hose clamped well) to provide, what I consider is the best possible seal for the mast -to-cabin top penetration. However, I still get a water leak as evidenced by water on the cabin table and sole, not a whole lot but enough to damage the finish.
Under the trim boards surrounding the mast and screwed into the inside of the cabin top, is a terminal strip with wires going to the lights on the mast. I think water is dripping down these wires and since there does not appear to be enough slack for a "drip loop" inside the mast, the water follows the wires and finally end up on the cabin table and sole.
Have any of you seen this and if so, any ideas, e.g. putting to seal the hole in the mast, or lengthening the wires to proved a drip loop, etc??
I notice a leak coming from the head liner where the (keel stepped) mast passes through the cabin top. I do get quite a bit of water in the bilge during a hard rain, exiting the very bottom of the mast (in a bilge area) through a small hole where the UHF antenna wire exits. No problem, the bilge pump takes care of this water.
I had the mast unstepped two years ago to replace the standing rigging and when the mast was re stepped, a cylindrical rubber sleeve was put on the mast and then folded back on itself (hose clamped well) to provide, what I consider is the best possible seal for the mast -to-cabin top penetration. However, I still get a water leak as evidenced by water on the cabin table and sole, not a whole lot but enough to damage the finish.
Under the trim boards surrounding the mast and screwed into the inside of the cabin top, is a terminal strip with wires going to the lights on the mast. I think water is dripping down these wires and since there does not appear to be enough slack for a "drip loop" inside the mast, the water follows the wires and finally end up on the cabin table and sole.
Have any of you seen this and if so, any ideas, e.g. putting to seal the hole in the mast, or lengthening the wires to proved a drip loop, etc??