Crack near the bulkhead and not sure of the source... help!

[Annette&DarrellRestle]

Took the boat out for the first trip on the lake this year. We noticed upon arrival there was a pretty big pool of water on our main strip carpet, right in front of the fridge. We thought it was from a small crack we have near the bulkhead but it seemed to be coming underneath the fridge... we took the fridge out and it was dry.. so the mystery continued. There was also water near the plugged hole in the cubby under the head of the bed. Has anyone every had issues like this? If so what did you find was the source.. I don't know how to post a photo...

[thataway]

Posting photos check this link.

There are all sorts of places where you can have water enter the cabin of the 25. If it is definately from under the bunk area, then there two areas usually suspect:
1.) There is a brass strip down the center of the hull from gunnel height down to well under the bow when underway. Sometimes water leaks from these screw holes whay have been over drilled and into the actual area under the bunk. The remedy is to pull all of the screws of the brass strip, remove it, slightly over drill the screw holes and fill them with thickened epoxy, mill fiber,s cabosil and hi density West systems or equivalent. Then drill smaller hole, bed with 4000 or 5200 when you put the screws back in.

2.) The anchor locker. I have seen boats where the anchor locker drain hole is too low, and actually allows water to get into the bilge under the bunk. Also some boats have no floor on the anchor locker, so any water that comes in drains directly to the bilge. Fix, is to check where the hole for the drain is (usually covered by a SS clam shell.). Then check for a floor. If no floor, or the drain hole is the culprit, then make a new floor on the anchor locker, with a slope down to the drain--and be sure it is sealed completely off from the bilge. I won't go into the technique here, but if that is the case, PM or bring the subject back, and we can discuss various ways to build a floor at the anchor locker. (I have had to do this on 3 of the C Dorys I have owned. Also the Tom Cat came with no hole for the anchor locker to drain from.

A real improvement is to remove all of the foam under the bunk. My last 25 had that already done. I put two Li Fe PO4 100 amp hour batteries, a Multiplus 2000/80/50 inverter, spare anchors and rodes under the bunk area. You use of that area may vary.

If the water is coming from the back--that is a whole other hour's worth of information!!! It happens fairly frequently.

[smckean (Tosca)]

A word of caution....

CD25's have a channel on the inside of the hull near/at the hard chine. Slow water leaks can pool water in this channel that runs along the entire center part of the hull. Especially on a 1st voyage of the year, when the hull lists due to wind/waves, some/all of this water can spill out and wet the carpet as you describe. The trick is that where you see the water enter the cabin sole may be quite a ways from where the leak is since the water can travel 10 feet or more before spilling out. See if that channel is collecting water over time (might require rain).

Is the water salt or fresh? Or maybe you don't boat in salt water.

[thataway]

The reverse chine is there for easier planing and spray reduction as well as some increased stability at rest.

You can access this area either under the galley sink or under the dinette on the 25. This should be taped over when the aft cabin bulkhead is put in place. It is in many boats. But many boats have inadequate tabbing or water gets into the core of this bulkhead and then leaks under the head, or under the hanging locker as sell as under the step when you go into the cabin.