meteorman
05-12-2015, 11:02 PM
First, let me apologize for not having a picture or two to go along with this. The boat is an hour away and I failed to snap one when I was up there last weekend.
I've been having an issue of too much water in my bilge for some time now - pump will run every 20 - 30 min or so when I'm out on the lake and generally can be counted on to start up after a long pull. I really kind of assumed it was the shaft seal and I wanted a dripless anyway so I put one on there last weekend. During the test run and on some subsequent closer inspection I think the problem is much more serious. I noticed that the carpet was very wet in the rear starboard storage compartment. I've noticed this before but always assumed it was just leakage from my ballast bag. Well I haven't used the ballast system yet this season and it's still totally dry. The wetness is where the floor of the compartment meets the back transom wall and goes about two inches up the wall and two inches forward on the floor from the wall. After pulling the boat out I noticed what appears to be some delamination behind the platform bracket on that side. This has got to be where the water is coming in.
From some searching it seems like I'm not the first person to have a failure in this location but it's also not super common. My questions are - what should I know when getting something like this repaired. Clearly it's an area that's going to take a lot of force from that bracket. Also from anyone who's gone through something like it before, what sounds like a fair price to get it taken care of - I know each situation varies but I don't have any frame of reference for fiberglass work.
Thanks!
I've been having an issue of too much water in my bilge for some time now - pump will run every 20 - 30 min or so when I'm out on the lake and generally can be counted on to start up after a long pull. I really kind of assumed it was the shaft seal and I wanted a dripless anyway so I put one on there last weekend. During the test run and on some subsequent closer inspection I think the problem is much more serious. I noticed that the carpet was very wet in the rear starboard storage compartment. I've noticed this before but always assumed it was just leakage from my ballast bag. Well I haven't used the ballast system yet this season and it's still totally dry. The wetness is where the floor of the compartment meets the back transom wall and goes about two inches up the wall and two inches forward on the floor from the wall. After pulling the boat out I noticed what appears to be some delamination behind the platform bracket on that side. This has got to be where the water is coming in.
From some searching it seems like I'm not the first person to have a failure in this location but it's also not super common. My questions are - what should I know when getting something like this repaired. Clearly it's an area that's going to take a lot of force from that bracket. Also from anyone who's gone through something like it before, what sounds like a fair price to get it taken care of - I know each situation varies but I don't have any frame of reference for fiberglass work.
Thanks!