Start with the stuffing box for the prop shaft. It could be the packing, an easy fix, or it could be an ancient stuffing box hose, which is more painful to replace.
Strategically placed paper towels or chalk can tell you where the water is coming from. Right after I bought my current boat, it nearly sank at the dock after the surveyor failed to notice the stuffing box hose was seriously deteriorating. Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO -------- Original message -------- From: Raymond Macklin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date:06/05/2017 9:31 AM (GMT-05:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Raymond Macklin <ray.mack...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Bilge Water Level I have a 1985 C&C 33. I have a question regarding water in the bilge area. I just put my boat in to start the season. I found that my Bilge Pump Float switch was not working. I also found that with the boat sitting in the water, the bilge filled up with water in quite a short time (like it about 4 hours) I wanted to know if that seems right. I should with the water rising so quickly, the bilge pump would be running all the time. Does anyone know what could be causing it? I removed the hose from the stern that fed into it, just to make sure it was not coming from the engine compartment. Any ideas? Ray Macklin LakeHouse Milwaukee
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