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The water level stayed the same it just moved to the bow when the tide went out and then returned to the stern when she floated again. So this water is just sitting there, all 8" of it. I've had a steel rule in there and it hasn't gone any higher. Today we pumped it all out and found what looks like a purpose made outlet to the bilge filled with mastic. So why did someone do that? I have more water to get out of the bilge tomorrow as she is listing to starboard. She has one drain in the bow on the starboard side and I'm wondering if she only has a bilge on that side which is full, causing her to list! I'm moored in the marina next to the yachts....its very funny! I feel like the poor relative and to really piss people off I have L plates front and back LOL I am not from Ipswich...I'm an essex girl!

Hi had the plumber today and all plumbing is sound. No leaking pipes or pumps. The windows are all sound too. Water is fresh even though she has been in salt water for a week, so now I'm thinking her water tank may be leaking. And no fish seen yet LOL

I brought my 70ft widebeam on the 25/11/2013. She has been in Wellingborough for a year on a canal. I had her craned out and transported by road to her current mooring in Ipswich. Whilst investigating yesterday I found a small hatch, opened it and discovered 6" of water all under the main cabin floor. I had pumped out the bilge the previous day so I knew the stern was dry. I returned to her today to rig up extra hose and pump her out but when I looked the water was gone! Now I know I overfilled the water tank the previous day so I am wondering if that is where the water came from but another factor is that she is on a tidal mooring and the tide was in when she was wet and out when I found her dry...ish! So is she sinking? Has she been damaged in transit? There is a lot of rusty sludge under the cabin floor so I don't think this is a new problem. She was built in 1978 by Tolladine boat builders in Worcester. She had a hull survey 3 years ago and passed her boat safety cert less than 10 months ago, neither of which identified any problems. When she was being craned my guys looked her over and said she was well built and sound, so what's happening?.