SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Dear All,

The hose revealed that one of the cracks in the forward cabin window is letting in a lot of water. Probably the answer to the leakage.

Are window cracks fixable or is replacement the only sensible option? The loo porthole is also letting in a load of water, presumably due to a perished ...

Thanks to Chris, Trev and Guest,
In fact, there is no mystery about where some rainwater is getting in; there are some obvious drips. The issue is whether it could account for the 4" in there after the winter and the 1.5" that returned a couple of weeks after being bailed out. Or whether it is ...

Dear Sue, Elkel and Chris,
Thank you for your answers - and the welcome.
If the centre of the 4+2 is filled with foam, does that mean that the only "bilges" where water can collect are the two fore lockers and the aft battery and fuel lockers? I suppose another way of asking the same question is: if ...

Dear All,

Please be kind to a newbie!

After some months of winter neglect, I found 4” of water in the cabin and also in the battery and fuel lockers. I bailed it out and 1-2 weeks later found another 1.5”. This seems more than could possibly have come in from rainwater.

Having bailed again, the ...