Water on the cabin sole of a 22 cruiser.

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Mark B

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Hi everyone. I'm new to the site and new to the C-Dory until yesterday, when I went out in a 22' cruiser in about a 3' short chop, winds gusting to 20mph. The boat rode very well except when bashing into headseas traveling at about 20mph sog. At that point we were taking quite a bit of spray and I then noticed that the cockpit wasn't selfbailing and when we came to a standstill there was water on the cabin sole. Beside this minor issue the boat was very impressive for the conditions, economical on fuel( with twin Honda 40s), and a lot of boat for it's size.
 
The 16-23 c-dory's are not self bailing that's why we have 1100 gph bilge pumps in the back to pump it out The c-25 is a self bailer boat but it costs a little more

If the 22 was a self bailer the the deck of the cockpit would have to be another 6-8 inches higher then a railing would have to be put on like the c-25

The c-22 usually takes on very little water over the gunnel you might have been in very confused sea's I've had the c-22 and now have the venture 23 we hardly ever get water in the cockpit unless we get a heavy rain ?
 
Do you have a Wallas?
I used to get water in the cabin when we had more then a 2' chop.
On both my CD22s I had to re-seal the Wallas exhaust through hull with a high temp gasket sealer.
Also, I put a coat of the sealer where the exhaust flex tube attaches to the through hull.
 
Our 22 has a depression (by design) on the starboard side floor where the pilot house joins the cockpit. This is where our cabin bilge pump is located. If casual water from spray gets into the cockpit and we do not turn on our stern bilge pump, the water will come thru the depression into the cabin floor when the boat is anchored.
 
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