[Rhodes22-list] bilge pump

Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:48:40 EDT

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Joseph,
First, let me state that after extensive discussions with Mr. Spritzer, what 
happened to me was not considered a knockdown. The boats reputation of not 
being able to capsize is intact. I think Stan classifies it as really stupid 
sailor error enhanced with alcohol. Now remember, before you start laughing 
to hard, I wasn't at the helm.
We had water in the cockpit which as soon as the boat righted itself (once 
the sails were turned loose) drained quickly all by itself. We ended up with 
about fifty gallons of water (just a guess) in the cabin (bilge) area which 
we quickly pumped out by hooking up the wash down pump hose to it a sucked it 
dry. Water was pouring in over the electronics, the VHF, stereo and percent 
of charge meter.
The CD player (mounted in a watertight gimbal mount) continued to play 
without missing a beat, the VHF is a sealed waterproof model and the percent 
of charge meter worked the next day after allowing water to drain out of it 
completely. So yes, I'm going to be installing a bilge pump, but only in the 
cabin bilge.
There was little water in the lazzerette ( a spongeful at most ) and the gas 
tank was fine....no hazmat teams were required. The outboard started first 
pull.......thank God for the Tohatsu.
The cockpit drain is approximately a one inch hole which is sufficient for 
draining. I think adding a cockpit bilge pump wouldn't make much sense.

Rummy

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<HTML>Joseph, 
First, let me state that after extensive discussions with Mr. Spritzer, what happened to me was not considered a knockdown. The boats reputation of not being able to capsize is intact. I think Stan classifies it as really stupid sailor error enhanced with alcohol. Now remember, before you start laughing to hard, I wasn't at the helm. 
We had water in the cockpit which as soon as the boat righted itself (once the sails were turned loose) drained quickly all by itself. We ended up with about fifty gallons of water (just a guess) in the cabin (bilge) area which we quickly pumped out by hooking up the wash down pump hose to it a sucked it dry. Water was pouring in over the electronics, the VHF, stereo and percent of charge meter. 
The CD player (mounted in a watertight gimbal mount) continued to play without missing a beat, the VHF is a sealed waterproof model and the percent of charge meter worked the next day after allowing water to drain out of it completely. So yes, I'm going to be installing a bilge pump, but only in the cabin bilge. 
There was little water in the lazzerette ( a spongeful at most ) and the gas tank was fine....no hazmat teams were required. The outboard started first pull.......thank God for the Tohatsu. 
The cockpit drain is approximately a one inch hole which is sufficient for draining. I think adding a cockpit bilge pump wouldn't make much sense. 
 
Rummy</HTML>

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