I'm still plagued with a leak I can't find the source of. Every time I think I've fixed it, it pops up again. The water is running out from the channel above the Pullman berth in the amidships cabin. It comes in from the penetration on the Starboard side where the cables run through. This is a 1986 K42. At first, it was coming in from (I believe) the vents at the front storage locker/seat. I replaced them with solid plates, and the leak stopped. Started again, so I caulked some places on that seat that looked as though they might be leaking. Stopped again, for awhile. Started again... caulked some places on the deck, starboard side below the pilothouse door. Once again, stopped for awhile then started up again this past week. I'm about to run out of places to caulk... any ideas on where to caulk, or how to trace the leak? I've had someone hose all the areas listed above with a hose for at least half an hour, with no leakage. I've thought about getting out the cigars and blowing smoke up into the penetration, but haven't tried that yet. Help! Keith _____ We're going to have a terrorist attack, but we don't know where or when. I think you could say the same thing about tornadoes.

>Help! I have never tried this, but I have heard that dealers use the technique on newly delivered sailboats. Basically what you do is make a piece of plywood that fits tightly into a hatch or door that has a connection for a wet/dry vacuum hose. You then blow air into the cabin in order to create positive pressure inside. Then you walk around the outside, as if you were looking for a gas leak, with a paintbrush full of soapy water. Where the soap bubbles is where you have a potential water leak. Best, Steve Steve Dubnoff 1966 Willard Pilothouse www.mvnereid.com sdubnoff@circlesys.com

You can do essentially the same thing with thick (6 mil) plastic sheeting. Just use duct tape to tape it to the hull around the edges of the hatch. Same idea after that. It's easier than fashioning a tight-fitting plywood hatch cover. You can also cover any other openings that are definitely not leaking the same way in order to direct the positive air pressure to the window or hatch that is leaking. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><><><> Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina M/V Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base Hampton 35 Trawler Melbourne, Florida On 11/29/2006 1:59 PM, Steven Dubnoff wrote: >> Help! >> > > I have never tried this, but I have heard that dealers use the > technique on newly delivered sailboats. Basically what you do is > make a piece of plywood that fits tightly into a hatch or door that > has a connection for a wet/dry vacuum hose. You then blow air into > the cabin in order to create positive pressure inside. Then you walk > around the outside, as if you were looking for a gas leak, with a > paintbrush full of soapy water. Where the soap bubbles is where you > have a potential water leak.