leaks

[blenkinsop]

We appear to have water ingress along the top of the GRP panel that divides the anchor locker from the forecabin although there are no obvious breaks.
Can anyone suggest the best way of applying tape/epoxy or similar to attempt to cure this problem bearing in mind this will be a very awkward area in which to work?
There is a wood panel on the inside, which makes access to the top of the GRP impossible without cutting away some of the inner moulding of the deckhead

 

[V1701]

So is water getting into the anchor locker, then running towards the stern along the "ceiling" of the anchor locker? Could you seal the anchor locker door better to stop any water getting in there in the first place? Seals direct could be useful in achieving this? Or could you seal it on the forecabin side with a bead of CT1 or similar?

 

[blenkinsop]

Thank you for the ideas and the link. The relevant join is not accessible enough on the cabin side to do anything effective. It looks like the only route is to epoxy with glass tape inside the anchor locker

 

[ffiill]

Stopping leaks from the inside rarely works in my experience -I have a pain of one through a bolt which secures my windscreen and comes through in a cupboard in the galley-no sucess at all in curing from inside

 

[Bosun Higgs]

We appear to have water ingress along the top of the GRP panel that divides the anchor locker from the forecabin although there are no obvious breaks.
Can anyone suggest the best way of applying tape/epoxy or similar to attempt to cure this problem bearing in mind this will be a very awkward area in which to work?
There is a wood panel on the inside, which makes access to the top of the GRP impossible without cutting away some of the inner moulding of the deckhead

It sounds as if you have a similarly built boat to mine - Sadler style with an inner lining.

If you cannot see any hole in the bonding of the anchor locker lining then maybe there isnt one. One of the pains of an inner lining is that leaks can occur some distance away on the deck and the water travel along the top of the inner lining to appear in an odd place. I have just that problem at the moment - is it my anchor locker ( no I dont think so) or is it my forehaych, the handrails, the switched for the windladd, the inner forestay fitting. I am still playing with a hose and trying to find it.

 

[V1701]

Stopping leaks from the inside rarely works in my experience -I have a pain of one through a bolt which secures my windscreen and comes through in a cupboard in the galley-no sucess at all in curing from inside

Have you tried Captain Tolley's?

 

[blenkinsop]

Have tried Captain Tolley's in a number of instances but without any visible cracks it would not be appropriate here.
In answer to Bosun Higgs, we are exactly that - a Sadler Starlight 39

 

[guernseyman]

Stopping leaks from the inside rarely works in my experience ....

Worse than that, it seems to me: stopping it from the inside might create a permanent and unseen puddle of water which might wreak havoc in the long run.

 

[DaveS]

Have tried Captain Tolley's in a number of instances but without any visible cracks it would not be appropriate here.
In answer to Bosun Higgs, we are exactly that - a Sadler Starlight 39

I'm currently going through this process. The Etap also has an inner lining so the source could be almost anywhere. Since getting the boat ashore I've now applied three complete rounds of Captain Tolley's to the base of every deck fitting and the leak is now almost stopped. At least 99% of what I'm applying is a waste - but I don't know which 99%! (A bit like marketing spend...)