Small water leak. Do not know what is this

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Hi to everyone, hope you are having a good summer.

I just notice on my Moody 27, than i have some salted water, but not much. I check all the bilge, and noticed than is like a wood cone fitted there and do not have an idea where this is coming from. It look like a wooden plug, but. Is the bilge just below the front berth.

Did anyone knows for what is that, and how i can stop getting salted water from there??

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Best regards
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Peter Wright
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Jul 7, 2024
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Hi Fernando,

That looks rather like an arrangement used on some of the bigger Moodys to drain the chain locker into the bilge - not a good idea in my view because you gget muddy smelly water off the chain in there.

It looks like a previous owner has tried to prevent this by fitting a wooden bung. If I'm right and he didn't provide an alternative chain locker drain, that's an even wose idea as the chain will live in salt water and all the galvanising will soon disappear.

Peter.

p.s. Hopefully a knownedgeable Moody 27 owner will be along soon. P.
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Graham Simpson
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Jul 7, 2024
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Hi Fernando
on my 27 the anchor locker drains through a hole in the bow and I also have the tubing through my bilges which I believe if you look you will see they are in the under the other access points for the bilges. I can only assume they are to help if you need to run cables from the bow to stern or stern to bow. I also get a bit of water in my bilges but have never found where it comes from but its not enough for me to worry about I just soak it up with a bit of kitchen tissue. I have attached a photo of my bow showing anchor locker drain hole .
regards
Graham
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Donald Beaton
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It affects most of range. It is a drain from the chain locker, not the anchor locker. A very simplistic method of draining the chain locker by Marine Projects and as Peter says, makes for a smelly bilge.
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Fernando Pineiro
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Monday at 7:25 AM
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Hi guys, many thanks for your reply

Sorry, do not understand, what is the difference between the chain locker and the anchor locker?

Is any Recomendation to just block it and do not have any water coming from there? Will I need to remove the plug and filled with epoxy and finerglass. Or is something I need to have yes or yes ?

Many thanks again
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Peter Wright
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Wednesday at 8:38 PM
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Hi Fernando,

The difference is clear from the names it's normal to store anchor and it's chain in separate lockers but they do get stored together in some smaller yachts.

Before blocking the pipe, you should look the other side of the bulkhead to see where it comes from and whether you can arrange another way of draining that area.

Peter.
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Fernando Pineiro
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Thursday at 9:18 AM
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Hi Peter, ahh ok.

Is just really wired!!! I check the anchor locker, and water drains correctly through the chain locker.

I checked the bow compartments under the bed and looks all dry!

So where this comes from because is salted water really clean!!

Did I missing something?

Should I remove the plug and check if is old water?

Will any recommend to close this hole permanently? I would like to know where is coming from

Looking forward to hear from someone with similar experience

Great Sunday