Last year, our Ty Weekender would regularly have water in the area aft of the cabin, directly below the cockpit. The bilge however was regularly dry. I tested the seacocks this spring and found they do not leak. I believe the water is coming in through the rudder mount. Has anyone had this problem, and is there some way to seal the area around the upper part of the rudder mount.
beck@vbe.com
Leak from rudder mount on Ty Weekender
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sloopjohnl
Re: Leak from rudder mount on Ty Weekender
try taking off the tiller and the tiller mount and have a look at the top bearing. if there is excessive gap and the bearing very worn it could be leaking from there. otherwise the rudder stock is surrounded by a tube that is glassed to the hull which is visible thru the aft end of the quarterberths or the inspection port at the back of the cockpit. more probably the water may be coming from a bad bedding seal between the cockpit floor and the teak block thru which the rudder stock tube passes.
Bob Earl wrote: Last year, our Ty Weekender would regularly have water in the area aft of the cabin, directly below the cockpit. The bilge however was regularly dry. I tested the seacocks this spring and found they do not leak. I believe the water is coming in through the rudder mount. Has anyone had this problem, and is there some way to seal the area around the upper part of the rudder mount.
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Jim Sullivan
Re: Leak from rudder mount on Ty Weekender
Are you sure that rudder mount is the problem? Did this problem begin just last year? I have had water coming in for years in this area and I attribute the problem to lack of a water-tight seal with the two removable cockpit storage access covers as well as the area around the companionway boards.Bob Earl wrote: Last year, our Ty Weekender would regularly have water in the area aft of the cabin, directly below the cockpit. The bilge however was regularly dry. I tested the seacocks this spring and found they do not leak. I believe the water is coming in through the rudder mount. Has anyone had this problem, and is there some way to seal the area around the upper part of the rudder mount.
jdsullivan@amexol.net