A trawler is very much like a house, more then likely there will be a time when things wear down, fall apart and need repair, no matter how much you practice good maintenance. Believe me, Dick practices regular maintenance and repairs things without delay.
Recently we found another annoying leak underneath starboard side dresser in the back cabin. This leak is something we thought we had repaired. One of the interesting things about a trawler, is that its designed so that , things are accessible.
The only way we can explain is by showing pictures. Inside the bottom of the dresser are floor boards that lift, where waterlines and wiring channels and hydraulic lines for the power steering run through. Well we found the leak after lifting the floor boards, and realized that the shelving units would also have to come out.
After some grunting and groaning and being a contortionist we managed to find the leak on the back hull. It was the city water intake pressure valve, which we never use because we like to refresh our water tanks. Dick went outside on the swim platform, removed the old valve. We discovered that whoever installed it, cross threaded the valve and all the threads were warped, hence the leak.
We rode our bikes a few miles each way to purchase a new city water intake pressure valve. It was very simple to install the new valve and in a matter of minutes, the shelves were re assembled. Like we started saying at the beginning , boats are built with unique storage areas, and designed so that if needed you can disassemble.
It has been several days and several water tanks refilled and LO and Behold NO LEAK!!! Yeah!!!
Recently we found another annoying leak underneath starboard side dresser in the back cabin. This leak is something we thought we had repaired. One of the interesting things about a trawler, is that its designed so that , things are accessible. 
The only way we can explain is by showing pictures. Inside the bottom of the dresser are floor boards that lift, where waterlines and wiring channels and hydraulic lines for the power steering run through. Well we found the leak after lifting the floor boards, and realized that the shelving units would also have to come out.
After some grunting and groaning and being a contortionist we managed to find the leak on the back hull. It was the city water intake pressure valve, which we never use because we like to refresh our water tanks. Dick went outside on the swim platform, removed the old valve. We discovered that whoever installed it, cross threaded the valve and all the threads were warped, hence the leak.
We rode our bikes a few miles each way to purchase a new city water intake pressure valve. It was very simple to install the new valve and in a matter of minutes, the shelves were re assembled. Like we started saying at the beginning , boats are built with unique storage areas, and designed so that if needed you can disassemble.
It has been several days and several water tanks refilled and LO and Behold NO LEAK!!! Yeah!!!
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