SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Simon,

Followed your advice and checked the anchor locker yesterday and OMG, huge split and hole and I guess the water ingress mystery solved. It had a galvanised steel anchor with some brutally sharp edges and bolts sticking out of it so I guess at some point whoever stowed it away has punctured ...

Thanks Simon,

I did wonder about the value of fitting a hatch to the battery compartment for that very reason, thanks for sharing the photos.

I've ordered a manual bilge pump now which should enable me to get rid of the rest of the water that's in the hull that the electric motor wouldn't shift. I ...

Many thanks for the exhaustive responses, really helpful. I've been away for a week so today as the first opportunity to have a go at getting the water out. I bought a small electric pump that fitted into the table leg socket in the cabin and off we went. Judging by the amount per minute the pump is ...

Thanks Guys,

I had a good read of the forum last night and all roads seem to lead back to the table leg socket. I'm going to investigate further today. My main concern is that if the water is incurring through the base of the battery compartment then it's an awful lot higher than the table leg ...

Hi,

I took charge of our Shetland Family four mk 8 today and once on the trailer water started to leak from the little silver cleat that sits by the trailer eye on the bow. Certainly a few litres and enough to warrant further investigation when I got it home. In fact the hull seems to be full of ...