Topic: Water coming up and out of Windward Dagger Well.
Hello Cat lovers, I have a 1985 yellow Hobie 18. She sails great. This is my third H18.
Question: When I sail her, the windward dagger well has a good amount of water coming up and spilling out on to the tramp. Yesterday it was 8-12 mph, when I was on a reach, I had the windward hull, or the hull I'm sitting on, up and mostly out of the water, there was a decent amount of water coming up and out the dagger well next to me.
So how much water? A small stream 4"-6" wide… pushing up through the dagger well, aft of the dagger, and then down across the tramp past the jib blocks. Not enough to panic, but enough to go … "hmmm… what the heck..?"
I don't remember this occurring with my other H18's. Maybe I've forgotten, which is possible. It's been some years since my last H18.
It only occurs with the Port dagger well. The Port dagger well has some issues. The internal side to side gap has been compromised and the dagger is a very tight fit, side to side. Somehow the sidewall of the dagger well has collapsed / crushed inward on the dagger. Normally there is a 1/4" (?) gap between the dagger and dagger well wall. Now there is virtually none. Perhaps this is the culprit?
I may have answered my own question, but just wondering if water coming up and out of the dagger well - in 8-12 mph air - occurs on other H18's?
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. Thanks so much. Graham
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