We have a 1983 36 albin ...
In the aftcabin on the starboard side not in the head but where the desk is I have a leak . Can’t seem to locate where it is coming from . Any thoughts ??could be from the deck ??? Or maybe you have had the same issue. Thank you
Kevin g
Oriental nc
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Leak
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Re: Leak
My guess would be one of the scuppers. They pass through the bulwark, bridging the gap between the inner bulwark on the outer hull, which, unfortunately, potentially provides a direct path for water to enter the cabin.
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Re: Leak
First most likely candidate is the window. The deck is a possibility. If the windows have never been redone the time has come. The original sealer breaks down and the rain water leaks through, check around the bottom of the wood trim around the window for sighs of wet wood, I just finished doing the one above the birth. I got tired of being dripped on at night in a hard rain. Now the two on the starboard side are the only ones on the boat that have not been redone.
1983 36 classic
1995 192 Grady White w/ 150 Yamaha
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1995 192 Grady White w/ 150 Yamaha
2003 Boss 8'6" Dingy w/6 hp Suzuki
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Re: Leak
I've not tackled the scuppers personally, although I know that one or two of ours leak. A friend repaired his by wrapping them in fiberglass, which I'm sure was an awkward affair given the limited access. I'm sorry I don't have more helpful input than that. Let us know what you find and how you approach the fix.
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Re: Leak
My scuppers leaked, my deck leaked on my 84. I removed the teak decks, re-cored some areas and re-applied the the skins. When the weather improves I will lay down glass, fair, etc. Layers of glass are to bring the deck up to the scupper level. The problem with the scuppers (on mine) is they are thin fiberglass oval shaped tubes that have a flange on the outside. They bridge the space between the inner gunwale skin and outer with the flange on the outer. On the inside the scupper just meets the inside gunwale through a very rough cut opening and was filled in with something like 5200 or life chalk and painted over. The suppers were very brittle but I was able to carefully removed them and strengthened them with epoxy and cloth in some places, made gunwale holes smaller on the inside and reinstalled them using THIXO flexible epoxy from Jamestown distributors. I think this could be done by just removing the outside teak board next to the scuppers but it wouldn't be easy.
The starboard wall around both the windows was rotted halfway up so I replaced the three sliding windows with windows from a company called Motion Windows.
The starboard wall around both the windows was rotted halfway up so I replaced the three sliding windows with windows from a company called Motion Windows.
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Re: Leak
If I have this correct , the 36 has a teak strip at the aft cabin housing to deck.
These are very suspect when they age - I had similar problems with my Albin 36 (1983) till I redid the teak deck ( removed teak and redid the deck with fiberglass non slip)
The other suspect is the aft windows - even though they are not directly in line with desk any seepage will track down into the cabin - you usually see what appears to be brown stains.
Regards,
buchan (australia)
These are very suspect when they age - I had similar problems with my Albin 36 (1983) till I redid the teak deck ( removed teak and redid the deck with fiberglass non slip)
The other suspect is the aft windows - even though they are not directly in line with desk any seepage will track down into the cabin - you usually see what appears to be brown stains.
Regards,
buchan (australia)