IanJ

Ouch! It is starting to sound a tad serious. I was thinking along the lines of taking off any covering strip, taking out the window, cleaning up, new sealant and seal and putting back the cover. There's two of us but it's not a job I'm going to relish if it's too techy. I do have a tame boat person up the river. He deals mainly with engines and other mechanicals, but his brother does refurb, so that might be the best option. But, I do have some Creeping Crack on order and I'll give that a go first. It's not a huge leak, there aren't torrents pouring in every time a cloud goes over, but it is noticeable. I have a good dehumidifier running so things aren't getting damaged. The fix is mainly to stop 'er indoors from moaning about the saucepans being wet again.

No, the boat isn't on the Broads. I'm an ex-Broadsman. I holidayed on the Broads from 1963 until I moved to Ludham in 1997. I now live in Dublin, for work, and my boat is on the Shannon at Carrick-on-Shannon. I was back over sailing out of Jimmy Brown's at Martham last year but my cruising and fishing is now done in Ireland. But, once a Broads lover, always a Broads lover. I've managed to attach a couple of pix but I didn't realise they were so small. I don't know what happened to the full size ones I had. They may be on my old laptop. I'll have to dig it out and have a look. Ian

Nice thought about the drain holes. I didn't know there were any, so many thanks for that. I'll check at the weekend. It's not a leak from under the sink - had one of those when the circlip loosened and the pipe popped off while cruising along. X gallons of nice clean water in the bilge! The surface under the windows gets wet, and not just condensation, I was going to attach a couple of pix, as requested by Alan, but the Browse button isn't working for some reason. I'll mail the pix to myself and try again from the office in the morning. Ian

Hi Alan I do have some pix, I hope. I've sent them through my Hotmail account many times (including to myself) but I'm thinking that Hotmail has expired them (certainly expunged them!) as I just get a list of placeholders with 'Click for full size image', which does nothing. Bwah! I'll check on my laptop when I get home - I'm at work now. It's only a standard Bounty 27 but is perfect for what I want it for - fishing. Ian

Thanks Alan, that's wonderful. Creeping Crack ordered. It *may* get here for weekend as a lot of things do. I think that's about the last repair job to be done (apart from resticking a bit of the trim and reinflating a fender). Ian

Alan: I'm sorry, I have no idea at the moment. I am 200+ miles from the boat at the moment and only realised a couple of weeks ago that it's a job I could do myself (hopefully). I'm hoping to get over there this weekend. I *think* it's an alloy frame, but not really noticed. As for where it is leaking, I have no idea at all. I only know that when I go over to the boat, the other half gives me a hard time because the saucepans in the cupboard are usually half full of water. I think I might have to tell her to take some talc and we'll do a bit of tracing. Vet: Thanks, that's great. My 'last resort' was to write to one of the vendors and see if they could recommend. But I thought I would get best advice from the gurus in here first. Thanks Ian

Thanks Iain. They are the two non-opening ones by the galley, Alan. There's nothing obvious so I'm guessing that they've hardened a bit and capiliary action has taken over. Ian

Hi all I hope I'm in the forum, apologies if not. I have a Bounty 27 with a couple of leaky windows. It is nothing desperate but would I would like to change the seals. I fancy I can do the job myself but have no idea what size of seal is required. I've googled and found nothing at all so I'm hoping some kind soul in here can advise as the required dimensions or where I can find the information. Many thanks in advance Ian