David Robert Jones

Thank you to all the responders -some excellent ideas - love the float stick and the little alarm as, well as all the tube fixes - I will definitely be trying several methods - apologies for lack if response - I've been taking up a lot of flooring to see how far the leaking had progressed... It's not good - I am drying out ballast by the fire as I type. I think it's been leaking for ages..... Thanks for the help people! ????

I just went into the bow to take a pic of the inlet hole and realised I've got 100kg of coal sitting on top of it out for ballast until I sort the bathroom! Thanks to all who have responded - I will get pics as soon as I've got bathroom finished and can then start ripping the bedroom apartment - oh the joy!!! ?

I can't get a photo without dismantling the boat ATM as he tank is under the metal stern and hemmed in by bulkhead, ply wall, bookshelves, double bed and all the crap stored under it. I will dismantle it in the next week or so (when I've finished rebuilding the shower) I need to take up the floor to move some ballast and check for any residual sitting water. The area where it's cracked seems inaccessible until I've done all that but appears to be at the very top of the inlet - I wondered about hiring a camera on a stick to try and have a look but if it's irreparable ???? I just wondered if this had happened to anyone else?

Hi all My first post on this forum I hope someone can help. Ongoing water issue in bilge stern and bow for a while now. I've taken up flooring, ripped out old shower tray, sorted stern gland, checked windows/pipes/pumps/hull and after almost abandoning ship I finally found the leak. When I fill the water tank (about every 4/5 weeks) there must be a crack or split in the filling tube so if I overfill and get run off about 3/4 litres of water fills the bow bilge very very quickly which then runs through the boat slowly ending up in the stern bilges. I'm so relieved I've found the leak but does anyone know how to sort it out? The 'pipe' going down to the tank is about 3/4 inches long. I can't see that this is cracked so it must be where it joins to the tank. The tank appears to be metal. Is this repairable or do I need a new tank? Thank you!