---

Hi all the drain tube from the anchor compartment is in the front anchor compartment down through the bottom of the hull and it does not have a Perko water deflector in front of it so it seems that the water pressure when the boat is under way forces water into the anchor compartment. It drains back out but when I discovered this I put a plug in the top of the drain tube and this solved the issue of all the life jackets in the anchor compartment getting wet. it appears that this same water pressure when the boat is moving is what is forcing water into the hull and somehow it makes its way into the fuel tank cavity. This said, I may be completely wrong with thinking that this is where the water is coming from but it is the only place that is taking on any water so it is the first place I plan on fixing and when I had the tube well caulked the water stopped leaking into the fuel tank cavity. As I said before I am willing to listen to all possibilities and maybe there can be more than one source of water leaking in.
Chris