Water pooling in front of hatch

tnltracy

tnltracy

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Hi all,

I still owe you all some pictures of my new (to me) 79 V20, but have a question on water pooling up in front of the hatch.

First off, is this common?

In my case, ultimately a little is dripping through what appears to be via one of the screws holding down the wood hatch guides. Leaving very nice reddish brown stains on my pads in the cuddy. Looks just like blood when it's wet, kind of wierd.

It seems the deck has sagged a bit over time allowing this, so I'm thinking of replacing the board (would it be called a stringer here?) that runs across the deck just in front of the hatch opening, and possibly adding a couple running front to back from the bow back to same board. Thoughts on this idea?

Thanks,

Tom
 
Tom a couple of pics would help, but from what you describe it sounds to me like the wood that makes up that area of your cuddy top is wet from poor maintenance. The seepage you are getting and the color you are seeing is wood tea I call it. You need to stop it, should have been done when the previous owner saw the first sign of seepage. The water is coming in as you say from where the screws go thru the deck. Those screws should have been pulled, the strip taken off and new sealant such as 4200 should have been put in and then re-assembled.
Depending on how much of an area has been saturated there are ways to repair it. If a small area you will be able to drill small holes from inside and let it dry, shoot a type of epoxy into it while fixing it into correct position with braces and letting the epoxy set up.
If it is a larger area that is saturated you will have to do more extensive core replacement which is something I have no experience in but otheres here have and will give you advise I am sure.
But you do need to seal those holes.
 
willy said:
Tom a couple of pics would help, but from what you describe it sounds to me like the wood that makes up that area of your cuddy top is wet from poor maintenance. The seepage you are getting and the color you are seeing is wood tea I call it. You need to stop it, should have been done when the previous owner saw the first sign of seepage. The water is coming in as you say from where the screws go thru the deck. Those screws should have been pulled, the strip taken off and new sealant such as 4200 should have been put in and then re-assembled.
Depending on how much of an area has been saturated there are ways to repair it. If a small area you will be able to drill small holes from inside and let it dry, shoot a type of epoxy into it while fixing it into correct position with braces and letting the epoxy set up.
If it is a larger area that is saturated you will have to do more extensive core replacement which is something I have no experience in but otheres here have and will give you advise I am sure.
But you do need to seal those holes.
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Emphasis on "let it DRY"...
 
Short answer is remove the screws and 4200 them as said above, this will stop anymore water getting in there.
But for the long term fix it is going to need to be cored, what has happened is water has soaked all the wood and it is rotted there fore giving you the tea colored stain as stated above.
The best way to fix this is not thye easiest but is doable. You will have to remove the windshield and the rub rail and all the screws around the hole boat, then lift the cap off and lay it upside down on the ground. Now you will be able to cut the glass off and remove all the rotted wood, replace with a full piece od plywood not all the little squares your going to find and reglass and put it all back toghter again.
 
Mine had that problem, after a lot of thinking and gathering ideas from here, I came up with a solution which worked well on mine, and it was easy. Look at " Sagging roof repair, what do I do ? " post #11 on an older thread I posted. There are four pictures of what I did.
If you want to perform this fix, I will be glad to give you details.
JT
 
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