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The water was coming up in between the 2nd and 3rd layers of ply and has soaked the trunking all the way back. This is below the water line and the wood is dry above the lower part of the trunking.
Had sleepd on board the night before and my sleeping bag was as wet as a otters pocket when i went below mid day .
The rate it was coming in if i had not been waiting for may wife to turn up and had gone out on my own the water would have been up to the floor boards inside.
The suzy b has only being on the water six times since june when i lanuched her . This amount of damage can not have been done in this short of a time but she has sat the the carpet i put on the trailer for six months. I have watched the rain water run out of the drain holes for the Dorade boxes and down the side of the of the hull on to the base of the trailer were the carpet is.
Did not think about it at the time but it seems to me this can be the only way this could have happend . It,s been rain here in england all spring and summer.
Have peeled the ply all the back and down since the photo and it goes all the way through below the floor in it the keel. The trunking is fine on the port side with no sign of damage.
When i found the leak it was just 3in long seeping through the paint work on the top, would have been none the wiser as to how weak the wood was if i had not sand the top of the paint off.
Have not had the boat up off the trailer yet but expect to see some paint off on that part of the keel to let this amount of water to get in and do this damage.
When i have cut this all out and replaced it shall be fitting a automatic bilge pump for sure.
Was lucky i found this when i did as i was going to take her on the sea later this month for a 20 mile trip around the coast would have had to have called out the coast guard.
Let you no how i get on with the repair.