Finding a hull leak
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:58 pm
Hi Folks
I bought what I think is a DS1 last summer and had a bunch of fun lake sailing. The hull number is 22629. I see some fiberglass damage at the corners of both seats where they meet the hull. The seats are pushed up so perhaps this is damage from trailering?
Water weeps from the cracks on the port side seat and I would like to know where it is coming in. Last weekend I pulled the drain plug out of the port side seat and filled the hull up with water to a level at least 2" above the seat cracks. I expected to see some drips coming from the hull to let me know where the hull leak is but instead I got nothing.
After bailing the boat out I put a half gallon of water in the seat and saw it run right out of the crack so I know this is the water path.
Any thoughts on how to find this hull leak?
I bought what I think is a DS1 last summer and had a bunch of fun lake sailing. The hull number is 22629. I see some fiberglass damage at the corners of both seats where they meet the hull. The seats are pushed up so perhaps this is damage from trailering?
Water weeps from the cracks on the port side seat and I would like to know where it is coming in. Last weekend I pulled the drain plug out of the port side seat and filled the hull up with water to a level at least 2" above the seat cracks. I expected to see some drips coming from the hull to let me know where the hull leak is but instead I got nothing.
After bailing the boat out I put a half gallon of water in the seat and saw it run right out of the crack so I know this is the water path.
Any thoughts on how to find this hull leak?