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Bryan,I took my headliner down in the salon getting ready to fair/paint the deck head. More here if you like seeing gross projects which are going to take too long:
Fairing, sanding, and painting the deckhead
A brief pause while you retrieve your jaw from the floor or keyboard... In the midst of a major refit of running gear, I started removing the headliner on Rumour. Abhorred by a million and one rusted staples, a series of complex folds, and a lot of mold, I started thinking there's gotta be a...ericsonyachts.org
Looking forward from the salon, I discovered some issues with the drain hose for Rumour's dorade box. I haven't removed the headliner in the v-berth cabin yet, like @Kenneth K, but that's probably my next step. Upon barely touching the hose the corroded green pipe broke like a tortilla chip in a toddler's hand. <sigh>
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I can see the edge of the glob of resin Kenneth described. I'm wondering... if I should chisel everything out and see if I can remove the remainder of the copper pipe. Then I could drill the hole to the outside deck and use 4200 or similar to bed a plastic nipple in place. Something to which a new hose can be clamped. Thoughts?
I'm definitely not going to be covering the hose or the drain exit with fairing compound. Instead I'll probably leave that space open and put up some Sunbrella fabric with snaps so this area can remain serviceable.
This thread and this discovery now explain why the veneer is so trashed on the forward two portlights in the v-berth and head. I'm betting water was just pouring into the headliner when attempting to run out of the dorade box.
Thank you for boldly going where other 32-3 owner must eventually follow! I suppose this is the next winter project for Tradewinds. We get dampness at the base of the port bulkhead (around the bolts inside the settee). It comes and goes, and doesn' seam to have any direct correlation with rain or sailing. We also get evidence of moisture around the head d, irregularly, and at the forward side of the first portlight aft of that port bulkhead. First season, I thought we would have to re-set the portlights, but the next three seasons there was no indication of moisture around the port lights at all, so I moved on to electrical projects. Still, the dampness at the base of the port bulkhead comes and goes, with no clear corrrelation with rainfall. . . Looking at what you've uncovered, I want to get to it. before there's more hidden damage from moisture.