Repete
Sunfish1909
A great day of sailing yields a beer cans worth of water in my hull. Overnight being moored on the water yields nearly two gallons ( I did not have enough empty beer cans to keep the same scientific measurements). So, I finally did my air pressure test of the hull. I used my shop vac on blow and slowly taped off my inspection port leaving a one inch gap for back pressure. The soapy water did not bubble at my transom drain as I had thought it would. Actually, nothing bubbled but a tiny amount at my bow, but not a source of water intake without pressure. I forgot about my bailer, for a moment, and when I did swipe it with soapy water it bubbled and it bubbled. It bubbled in the cockpit and also below the deck with soapy water applied from that side only. I removed the bailer, a newer white platic type. I found both the top and bottom hull have seperated. I can spread the two halves with a slender wood shim or pencil. I plan to roll up sand paper and clean up the fiber glass between the two interior surfaces (inside of the hull) for epoxy to bond the two together again. I was glad, in a way, to find out my bailer was the source since it is an easier fix then a bad seam leak behind my rub rails. I be back on the water for the fourth of July.............yee hah!