Hardy 42 - Rainwater Leak

[girlofwight]

Long shot, any Hardy 42 owners on here who have experienced a rainwater leak starboard aft corner of saloon over the shelf?

I only found it this weekend, and have yet to do a full investigation, but if anyone else had experienced the same it would be useful to have ideas.

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

Captain Tolly's Creeping Crack Cure .... that might not be the correct name but it's similar! Good shake then squirt it around where you think it starts (usually screws or bolts) and it should follow the crack and turn rubbery inside, thus stopping the leak. Lent my bottle to a guy on the pontoon last week who cured a leak around his bow fitting by unscrewing everything that was unscrewable, filling the holes with CaptainTolly's then replacing the screws ... following day tested it with a bucket of water ... cured!

 

[girlofwight]

Cheers, I'm dispatching my man who does to the boat this week with some filler to do just that.

 

[girlofwight]

All sorted. When she was built there was a "misunderstanding" about whether the factory or the tent maker were sealing the canopy fittings. Odd that it took two years to manifest, but that's one of the nits of boating.