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Access to Midship Hull - Rinker 350 360 - Boat Smells like Cheese
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Long story short, my Marina is completely and totally incompetant. Kazmiera Marina in Haverhill, MA... worst... marina... ever... morons and the owner is a slimy weasel. They "forgot" to winterize my AC raw water pump, it froze, exploded. They launched the boat with the AC midship seacock open, water flooded in through the exploded pump The midship bilge kept up for a while and then clogged up and died. Water kept coming in and reached a high enough level to flow into the engine bilge where that pump basically kept the boat from sinking.
In the rear cabin L-shape couch aread there was 3-4" of water above the lower floor. I would guess a foot deep from the bottom of the mid bilge. I pumped it out and had the mid bilge dry within 24 hours. The problem now is that there is definately water in the hull. Under the front bed there are two removable heavy plastic hatches, the front most has the AC unit. The hatch behind it has that big removable plastic tub. Under that tub there was a couple of inches of water in the very bottom, even though the mid bilge was bone dry, even days later. Obvious Rinker did not put the correct drain holes between front/mid/rear compartments or they are tiny and clogged. Just looking at the physics and the water level I am sure there is water under the hardwood floor, there mist have been a good 6-8" under there the length of the boat.
How the heck to I get access under there? I would appreciate any advice or ideas. A week after this happened, my boat smelled like dog poop for about 2 weeks and now it smells like Feta cheese. The smell is mild and strangely enough it is stronger at the helm/topside or outside the boat than inside the cabin. In fact there is almost no smell in the cabin. My passengers think it is strongest at the chaisse seat topside. It is not the head or waste tanks as I have cleaned them out and also have a huge big orange on my vent and I am very familiar with boat wastewater smells. Been boating on a Rinker 260 and now a 350 for a decade. I know every inch of this boat, every wire... but this in the first time I am dealing with trying to get under the cabin floor.
Thank is advance, creative ideas welcome!
In the rear cabin L-shape couch aread there was 3-4" of water above the lower floor. I would guess a foot deep from the bottom of the mid bilge. I pumped it out and had the mid bilge dry within 24 hours. The problem now is that there is definately water in the hull. Under the front bed there are two removable heavy plastic hatches, the front most has the AC unit. The hatch behind it has that big removable plastic tub. Under that tub there was a couple of inches of water in the very bottom, even though the mid bilge was bone dry, even days later. Obvious Rinker did not put the correct drain holes between front/mid/rear compartments or they are tiny and clogged. Just looking at the physics and the water level I am sure there is water under the hardwood floor, there mist have been a good 6-8" under there the length of the boat.
How the heck to I get access under there? I would appreciate any advice or ideas. A week after this happened, my boat smelled like dog poop for about 2 weeks and now it smells like Feta cheese. The smell is mild and strangely enough it is stronger at the helm/topside or outside the boat than inside the cabin. In fact there is almost no smell in the cabin. My passengers think it is strongest at the chaisse seat topside. It is not the head or waste tanks as I have cleaned them out and also have a huge big orange on my vent and I am very familiar with boat wastewater smells. Been boating on a Rinker 260 and now a 350 for a decade. I know every inch of this boat, every wire... but this in the first time I am dealing with trying to get under the cabin floor.
Thank is advance, creative ideas welcome!
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AC Unit is at the front of the boat right under/behind the anchor locker, it is isolated, 3-4 ft higher than the v hull and doesn't really connect since it is in part of the V that rises for the bow.
In my galley floor bilge area there is a drain hole just under the a.c. pump area which is where forward water drains from. Is that clogged? Perhaps your config is different on the 350.