I received a PM from Jenafuffer regarding rainwater intruding into the cabin of their newly purchased 1997 CD-22 Cruiser, and since the boats is different than mine, which doesn't have the second bilge pump just inside the cabin door, thought it would be advisable to get some help from other C-Brats with boats more similar to hers. Here's a summary of the dialogue so far:
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Sea Wolf Thank you again for your reply last week.
My husband and I purchased a 1997 22 ft cruiser with a 2006 90 4 STROKE Honda. So far we have had four adventures in 7 days! Cooked dinner twice, two cocktail sunset raft ups, and a 13 mile trip to the back side of Topsail Island.
We live on the NC Intracoastal. Have a 22 ft Grady White and I have been longing for a CABIN for years. I really did not want another fishing boat and had no idea that the C-Dory even existed. There are very few around. I can see from the regional membership that there are maybe two or three in the local area of Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach. I think one states on the Cape Fear River as told by a local marine store supply.
So--- i saw this little boat in a slip facing out with a For Sale sign and the back green canvas cover on. I read the make and starting looking around on the internet. Showed my husband and then we contacted the owner. And so the story goes. Its now my boat.
Seems the boat spent its last few years around here. In the summer it floats in a slip and then is stored undercover on the trailer for the winter. I bet you think our winter are about like your summers!
Appearance wise it is in very good condition for a twelve year old boat. The former owner was retired navy (not a c-brat from what I have researched on your sight). Pulled the boat out of the water, checked the hull, the motor and everthing but pulling out the plug because it was stuck, needing to be replaced. (and we did not have another plug in hand)We had the motor checked out --did the compression test, oil clear and he gave us the records of engine maintenance at the beginning and end of every season. Our mechanic said the engine was almost perfect. He will clean the carburetors to fine tune the engine at a slow motoring speed. Mechanic said the non use of the gas sitting in the tanks was the culprit and gave us a lesson of advice about stabilizer. ----
So all up to the following situation of today all has been good. I hope you can help me out on a water problem.
Last night on our return trip to our slip we did not place the canvas cover on the back cock pit area. Well it rained unexpectly and it did so for about an inch of water. This after noon I fully expected rain the the back but not the cabin. It was deep. the bilge pumps seem to come on for a few seconds (asin 30 ) and then they stopped. The bilge inside the cabin door did not have much water in the area. However inside there was plenty of water. There seems to be a caulking that keep the back water from flowing directly into the cabin. Now just where the heck did all this H20 inside the cabin come from? Is there a hull problem with water leaks?
I have tried to read a hundred posts and mostly they are about the 2007s.
Tomorrow we hope to pull it out and get the plug out. I went to the marine store and purchased a new one today.
Thanks for reading all of this and any advice will be appreciated. I am just trying to learn about my boat and fix the issues as they present themselves. I know that there must be answers out there somewhere.
I really enjoyed your pictures and albums. Your are a real boater.
Can you rename a boat? I do not like the current name.
Thank so much,
Jenafuffer
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Hi!
Glad you're having so much fun with your new boat!
Yes, you can re-name her. Some superstitious types use a re-naming ritual for the process, but I didn't do so, and I didn't fall off the end of the flat earth's ocean either! There's a document on the C-Brat site the Dave S uses at C-Brat get togethers to rename and christen boats. Send him a note if you can't find it.
As to the "leak", there must be a calking leak to one side or the other of the center bilge well just inside the door. My older '87 doesn't have the bilge there, so I'm unfamiliar with the problem somewhat. If you can't find and repair it, it recommend you take that paragraph about it and put it on the site as a new thread, or I could do so for you, if you prefer.
Good Luck, let me know what you find out and want to do.
Joe.
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Top of the Morning to You SEA WOLF Joe
Thanks for the reply.
Today we are going to take the boat out of the water.
Remove the old hull plug and see what follows.
Bucket below I will measure the H20 and I am betting there is a good amount.
I noticed that several posts speak about open screw holes in various areas of the deck floor (2007's but suppose we should take close inspection for any also).
We will check the caulk around the door area between the cockpit and cabin as suggested. It was just strange that there was so much water in the cabin and the inbetween bilge area had little after the rain.
Inspect the bilge pumps both inside the door and outside in the cocokpit area where the back bilge is located 9just in front of one gas tank (even last night I thought the bilge was elevated a little and not in the V of the floor?)
I also saw a thread somewhere on a forum about a brass pipe and a screw below the D towing ring? Can't find it.
Getting out the wet vac and a dehumidifier also.
I have not mastered this web page at all Soooooo if you have time or know how to contact the 1997ers about my hull and water issues inside after the rain. Plus seeing that the circular hatch( on the floor of the berth in front of the porta pot) had H20 in it also.
-------I would certainly like to hear or read some others thoughts.
What a great sight of useful information and contacts.
Jenafuffer
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Any more thoughts to help Jenafuffer out today?
Joe. :teeth :thup
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Sea Wolf Thank you again for your reply last week.
My husband and I purchased a 1997 22 ft cruiser with a 2006 90 4 STROKE Honda. So far we have had four adventures in 7 days! Cooked dinner twice, two cocktail sunset raft ups, and a 13 mile trip to the back side of Topsail Island.
We live on the NC Intracoastal. Have a 22 ft Grady White and I have been longing for a CABIN for years. I really did not want another fishing boat and had no idea that the C-Dory even existed. There are very few around. I can see from the regional membership that there are maybe two or three in the local area of Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach. I think one states on the Cape Fear River as told by a local marine store supply.
So--- i saw this little boat in a slip facing out with a For Sale sign and the back green canvas cover on. I read the make and starting looking around on the internet. Showed my husband and then we contacted the owner. And so the story goes. Its now my boat.
Seems the boat spent its last few years around here. In the summer it floats in a slip and then is stored undercover on the trailer for the winter. I bet you think our winter are about like your summers!
Appearance wise it is in very good condition for a twelve year old boat. The former owner was retired navy (not a c-brat from what I have researched on your sight). Pulled the boat out of the water, checked the hull, the motor and everthing but pulling out the plug because it was stuck, needing to be replaced. (and we did not have another plug in hand)We had the motor checked out --did the compression test, oil clear and he gave us the records of engine maintenance at the beginning and end of every season. Our mechanic said the engine was almost perfect. He will clean the carburetors to fine tune the engine at a slow motoring speed. Mechanic said the non use of the gas sitting in the tanks was the culprit and gave us a lesson of advice about stabilizer. ----
So all up to the following situation of today all has been good. I hope you can help me out on a water problem.
Last night on our return trip to our slip we did not place the canvas cover on the back cock pit area. Well it rained unexpectly and it did so for about an inch of water. This after noon I fully expected rain the the back but not the cabin. It was deep. the bilge pumps seem to come on for a few seconds (asin 30 ) and then they stopped. The bilge inside the cabin door did not have much water in the area. However inside there was plenty of water. There seems to be a caulking that keep the back water from flowing directly into the cabin. Now just where the heck did all this H20 inside the cabin come from? Is there a hull problem with water leaks?
I have tried to read a hundred posts and mostly they are about the 2007s.
Tomorrow we hope to pull it out and get the plug out. I went to the marine store and purchased a new one today.
Thanks for reading all of this and any advice will be appreciated. I am just trying to learn about my boat and fix the issues as they present themselves. I know that there must be answers out there somewhere.
I really enjoyed your pictures and albums. Your are a real boater.
Can you rename a boat? I do not like the current name.
Thank so much,
Jenafuffer
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Hi!
Glad you're having so much fun with your new boat!
Yes, you can re-name her. Some superstitious types use a re-naming ritual for the process, but I didn't do so, and I didn't fall off the end of the flat earth's ocean either! There's a document on the C-Brat site the Dave S uses at C-Brat get togethers to rename and christen boats. Send him a note if you can't find it.
As to the "leak", there must be a calking leak to one side or the other of the center bilge well just inside the door. My older '87 doesn't have the bilge there, so I'm unfamiliar with the problem somewhat. If you can't find and repair it, it recommend you take that paragraph about it and put it on the site as a new thread, or I could do so for you, if you prefer.
Good Luck, let me know what you find out and want to do.
Joe.
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Top of the Morning to You SEA WOLF Joe
Thanks for the reply.
Today we are going to take the boat out of the water.
Remove the old hull plug and see what follows.
Bucket below I will measure the H20 and I am betting there is a good amount.
I noticed that several posts speak about open screw holes in various areas of the deck floor (2007's but suppose we should take close inspection for any also).
We will check the caulk around the door area between the cockpit and cabin as suggested. It was just strange that there was so much water in the cabin and the inbetween bilge area had little after the rain.
Inspect the bilge pumps both inside the door and outside in the cocokpit area where the back bilge is located 9just in front of one gas tank (even last night I thought the bilge was elevated a little and not in the V of the floor?)
I also saw a thread somewhere on a forum about a brass pipe and a screw below the D towing ring? Can't find it.
Getting out the wet vac and a dehumidifier also.
I have not mastered this web page at all Soooooo if you have time or know how to contact the 1997ers about my hull and water issues inside after the rain. Plus seeing that the circular hatch( on the floor of the berth in front of the porta pot) had H20 in it also.
-------I would certainly like to hear or read some others thoughts.
What a great sight of useful information and contacts.
Jenafuffer
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Any more thoughts to help Jenafuffer out today?
Joe. :teeth :thup
