by TIM WEBB » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:34 pm
Welcome David!
First off, self-bailing pretty much only refers to the auto-bailer for draining water from the cockpit while underway. There are a myriad of posts on this forum that discuss that "feature".
The line (wire) to raise the centerboard (the uphaul) is the one that exits the forward end of the CB trunk inside the cuddy. As to water in the bilge, the most common cause on the DS2 is gaps between the outer CB trunk (water side) and the inner trunk (what you see in the cuddy), where that UH passes through. During manufacture, filler was "smushed" into that area, and either wasn't done completely to begin with, or over time has fallen out. This causes water to be pumped into the bilge, because that gap leads directly to it, while sailing with the board down. There is a fix for the problem involving threading a pipe nipple through the passage. Again, there are many threads on this topic here, and a search using the method described in the Forum Info area will give you the best result.
If your bilge is filling with water while the boat is at rest on the water, then you have some other leak(s) that will need some attention. Rain water can also end up in the bilge if it is allowed to collect in the cockpit and there are other voids, such as leaking inspection port seals, etc.
Tim Webb
1979 DS2 10099 The Red Witch
(I used to be Her "staff", in the way dogs have owners and cats have staff, but alas no longer ... <pout>)