thunder wrote:
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:38:44 -0800, chuckgould.chuck wrote:

Note for the faint of heart or those not accustomed to work in progress
around a boatyard.

See if this tiny url takes you to 7 photos of my boat being torn apart.
:-)

http://tinyurl.com/zkw6s

IIRC, you had a faux funnel for your propane tank. Is that the circular
area in one of those pics? Was that the cause of some of that water
intrusion? By the way, I did like that funnel.

The false stack has been removed from the cabin top just temporarily.

Some of the cabin leaks were coming down from the false stack area. The
rust in the circular area on the cabin top is the result of the propane
tank frame becoming corroded.
Now that the false stack has been removed and it's possible to do a
thorough inspection it appears that there was an improper seal where
the propane plumbing penetrated the cabin top, and the water was
dripping onto the headliner below. As the false stack is on centerline,
the water would follow the crown of the headliner to the point where it
intersected the cabin walls and then migrate onto the veneers.
Fortunately, most of the superstructure on this boat is FRP, (although
the bulkheads are marine ply), so the water damage is primarily
cosmetic.

The false stack goes back on when the seal is remedied. I'll also need
a new propane tank frame, even though the tanks are only about 3 years
old.