get the water out of the compartment, and then remove one of the screws that holds the water heater down. If you get water gushing up, be wary. water gets trapped in the center bilge BEHIND the compartment that has the bilge pump and shower/condensate combo unit. No access to that void behind the floor locker without a cutting tool.
Yeah, I read your posts. I am thinking (hoping) it's not that. It was pretty fresh, the compartment was clean, and the owner seemed surprised -- and they spend every weekend on the boat.
The only way to know for sure is to probe. I have a permanent inspection plate under the stairs now, and I am still getting rain water into that area, even though I have a full cockpit cover from windshield to transom. What nags me is when the PO had this boat, it banged up against a piling on the port side around the forward stateroom port hole. Looked superficial, but I've had some sort of rain water intrusion on that side since then (2003) off and on. Unfortunately, water is real sneaky about where it enters, and where it manifests itself. The next time I come out (either for a storm, or bottom paint), I am removing the rub rail, and will re-bed the hull to the deck. for now, I am drying out the blind bilge, and will make weeps from the void area to the cabin bilge (properly caulked, of course), where the forward bilge pump is. At least I'll know where the water is, get rid of it before it can leech into anything, and mitigate the issue once and for all.
Health is number 1. Get better first.
Too much work.
I'll get down there and trace them in a bit. Thanks.
Mine too
Ha, I've never broken mine down
When we did have it as a sitting area, everything stored under the aft cushions.
