How do I eliminate a water leak which manifests itself in the galley overhead?
This is a vexing problem because water entering via the pilothouse (roof, rear wall, teak trim above the pilot house visor, or rear windows) or the smokestack, or via fastener holes in the dingy-deck’s teak will appear as a drip from the galley or salon headliner. The reason: … there is another glass deck that runs under the outside exposed deck in both the saloon and the pilothouse. All the wiring and such runs between these two glass decks, and I believe where the wiring goes up by the brass pole in the saloon is where the water comes down between the holly headliner and the lower glass deck above it. It then just goes to the lowest point of the headliner. If it doesn’t leak at the low point of the headliner, it is because those slats are tight and they hold the water. In our case, the water sits in the headliner and then when the boat rolls, the water comes out over the fridge. This may not actually happen until several days after the rain has stopped. Phil de l’Etoile, Brave Duck (
