65sleeper
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hello, I have an 11 year old nephew who recently had an older sunfish given to him. it had been sitting in the weather for a number of years. so the first thing we did was scrub it down and wax it. then we cut a hole in it and installed an inspection port. wowzers, it was 3/4 full of water, I could not believe it. so we dried it out for a week with the black trash bag taped around the port. found an old sail, got our lines and rudder. rigged it all up last Saturday and took it out on her maiden voyage. It was the most fun we have ever had on the water. However when we got it back in and opened the inspection port. it was half full of water again. we didn't dump it. never had any water over the hull. just spent around 4 hrs sailing in light wind. My question is, 1. how in the world is it taking on so much water 2. how do I check the hull to find out where it is leaking.
Any information will be greatly appreciated because if I cannot solve this problem by next saturday there is a good chance that I will lose my current status as greatest Uncle in the world.
Any information will be greatly appreciated because if I cannot solve this problem by next saturday there is a good chance that I will lose my current status as greatest Uncle in the world.