For a while the boat has been reasonably well closed up. It has windows, doors, covers, a roof... and leaks. Lots of leaks.

If I had a heavy rain, it would be full of water. Not as full as if it didn't have a roof, but a really surprising amount. This has been a source of more than a little annoyance, and some concern. if nothing else, its not good for all that nice wood to be soaking in water.

This leads to me having to pump things out, etc. A real pain.

Well, after another couple of inches of rain yesterday and last night, and more pumping, Dane and I did a little detective work to track down where all this water is coming in.

I think I have the answer to the "where" now; I just don't know what to do about it.

Its coming through the side decks. This I don't understand. They are laminated (screwed and glued) 1x3's on edge. Sure there are occasional cracks, but I thought they were pretty tight. Over that the larger problems had epoxy filler, and then a good layer of bedliner material (which is supposed to be waterproof).

Well, something isn't. Dane sprayed water on the deck with the hose and I crawled around inside. In nothing flat, we had a pretty good trickle of water coming in.

I guess I know what is happening now, anyhow. I just have to figure out what to do about it.

A boat shouldn't sink every time it rains.