Owners of earlier Cutwaters:
Save yourself some serious grief. Check your shower sumps and forward bilges. It seems the early Cutwaters had a known issue deriving from the HVAC drain being routed to the fuel tank area of the liner with the hope that it would subsequently drain to the aft bilge. This has resulted in standing water and some musty smells emanating from the forward bilge. In extreme cases there can be standing water around the shower sump itself as the drain pipes are higher than the bottom of the bilge. finally, it can also result in water entering the stringers/liner foam.
Cutwater became aware of the issue and is now routing the HVAC drain line to the shower sump on later boats as a closed vice an open drain system for the Condensate drip tray. Regrettably no update or advisory to owners of affected boats was issued - thus this missive.
The update is relatively easy: you will need 4.5-5 ft of 1/2 inch water hose and clamps and a 1/2 inch barb to add to your current shower sump if it does not have an empty barb. remove the mouse-fur panel in your cave under the co-captains chair (port side) and disconnect the offending drain tube at the drip tray. zip-tie it out of the way as you will never be able to remove this tube with your water tank in place. immediately behind (forward) of the inboard edge of your HVAC drip tray there is an angled panel gap that will allow you to route your new hose to the shower sump in the forward bilge. attach new hose to drip tray. In forward bilge you will likely need to drill a hole and add a hose barb to your current shower sump.
I do not know which hull number the change became current in. If your shower sump has three hoses attached to it vice two you are probably good to go.
Save yourself some serious grief. Check your shower sumps and forward bilges. It seems the early Cutwaters had a known issue deriving from the HVAC drain being routed to the fuel tank area of the liner with the hope that it would subsequently drain to the aft bilge. This has resulted in standing water and some musty smells emanating from the forward bilge. In extreme cases there can be standing water around the shower sump itself as the drain pipes are higher than the bottom of the bilge. finally, it can also result in water entering the stringers/liner foam.
Cutwater became aware of the issue and is now routing the HVAC drain line to the shower sump on later boats as a closed vice an open drain system for the Condensate drip tray. Regrettably no update or advisory to owners of affected boats was issued - thus this missive.
The update is relatively easy: you will need 4.5-5 ft of 1/2 inch water hose and clamps and a 1/2 inch barb to add to your current shower sump if it does not have an empty barb. remove the mouse-fur panel in your cave under the co-captains chair (port side) and disconnect the offending drain tube at the drip tray. zip-tie it out of the way as you will never be able to remove this tube with your water tank in place. immediately behind (forward) of the inboard edge of your HVAC drip tray there is an angled panel gap that will allow you to route your new hose to the shower sump in the forward bilge. attach new hose to drip tray. In forward bilge you will likely need to drill a hole and add a hose barb to your current shower sump.
I do not know which hull number the change became current in. If your shower sump has three hoses attached to it vice two you are probably good to go.