Help! Wet Cabin Floor-2010 searay 260 Sun dancer

[Johnny Baldwin]

New on here, And i don't know how to properly post my question for others to maybe help if they have seen this.

Need a little guidance or some better line drawings of cabin floor/bottom of the boat. I have rain water under the laminate flooring that meets up to the forward bilge/sump pump. I believe the water is coming from rain water through the bow rail, the wiper or the windshield and making its way down under the floor. I found dampness along starboard wall and under the vberth cushion just forward of the head. I do not see an easy way to access under the floor. My thought is, the easiest way to drain would be to put a small hole through the bulk head at the front of the sump bilge so water would drain from under floor and move towards the aft into the forward bilge, then would pump it out. The X on the diagram is where the water is, I drew a line to where the sump bilge is. The water under the floor is right up the to floor level which is higher than the bottom of forward bilge. I can send pictures. Any Help would be much appreciated. Thanks Again!

 

[Aussieboy]

Hi Johnny Baldwin. Just reading your old post. It may be a waste of time replying but here goes.

We have a 2000 Sundancer 260DA moored here in Sydney, Australia. We have had a similar issue to you with wet carpet in the cabin in the exact location you have shown in your diagram. Our cabin layout is very similar with the toilet / shower on the immediate starboard side of the carpet area. In very heavy rain, water has been entering through the toilet portlight, some water collecting in the drain and pumped out via the sump pump. However, water has been dripping directly from the fibreglass toilet/shower chamber into the void under the carpet. there is a leak in the joint. It required "Sikaflex" or other suitable sealant to be placed on the floor/wall joint adjacent to the shower drain. That fixed our problem although we need to provide a better seal on the old Bomar portlight.

I hope this is helpful and I can provide more photos or details to assist a fellow Club Sea Ray member with an unusual problem.