Leaks, Wires, and other tales of woe
Posted: Wed October 10th, 2007, 4:49 pm
My wife and I have just bought "Lady of Lockerley", a GH26 which we are keeping on the Hamble.
We haven't really had a chance to try her out properly since the purchase, but I have two initial problems.
The first is a leak that emerges in the cabin just aft of the back of the chart table. It looks like it ought to be coming in from the coach house and side deck to cockpit level deck seam, but generous amounts of sikaflex are making no difference. Is this a recognised problem, and if so, what's the solution? Is it much worse than I dare hope, in that I may have to take up the teak and the ply beneath?
The second question is more general. Can wiring inside a mast be successfully replaced with the mast in place? As the mast was being put on, something in the wiring has given up the ghost, as has the masthead light. I also need to replace the wind transducer, and would prefer to run new wire. Can it be done? Or should I just become resigned to the idea of living without these things until the next time the mast is unstepped?
We haven't really had a chance to try her out properly since the purchase, but I have two initial problems.
The first is a leak that emerges in the cabin just aft of the back of the chart table. It looks like it ought to be coming in from the coach house and side deck to cockpit level deck seam, but generous amounts of sikaflex are making no difference. Is this a recognised problem, and if so, what's the solution? Is it much worse than I dare hope, in that I may have to take up the teak and the ply beneath?
The second question is more general. Can wiring inside a mast be successfully replaced with the mast in place? As the mast was being put on, something in the wiring has given up the ghost, as has the masthead light. I also need to replace the wind transducer, and would prefer to run new wire. Can it be done? Or should I just become resigned to the idea of living without these things until the next time the mast is unstepped?