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Leak found.

New fittings today. I have 3 weeks to get the motor running and back to the slip. Summer rates on the hard kick in and triples the price.

And back to it.

Well after 5 surgeries in the past 11 months I am finally getting my strength back to start back up again.

Pulling the boat this Saturday to place on the hard for the winter. I have a slow "Seep" that I need to fix. Afterwards I will start up projects as winter allows in regards to drilling holes topside. I think insulating the cabin top will be my next progression minus the locations I need access.

Currently working on replacing both sails and the running rigging. I have another post in that section.

Yea made it to Anchorage driving thru a winter storm. Now off to the Evil Store (West Marine).

Well back to it. Today was a multitude of things.

1. Cover the cockpit and secure the A-frame for high winds.

2. RV antifreeze the motor. If curious I poured the antifreeze down the raw water hose and turned the motor by hand until I had it coming out the exhaust elbow. I had the exhaust hose removed for the following.

3. Start to look into a chronic leak (seep) at the lower gudgeon. If the bilge pump stopped it fills the bilge to the floor boards in 5 days. This was how I found the leak to begin with. Photos to follow.

Cockpit cover. We average 30-50 feet (900-1500 cm) of snow each winter.

Da leak location. Not quite sure "where" from the outside. It seems like it is seeping from the bottom.

External views.

Another view

And the other side. I didn't see any obvious cracks. Could be behind the wedge between the gudgeon and boat. I am suspect of the bolts...