[Rhodes22-list] Mystery of the slow leak in bilge solved

[Robert Quinn]

If you want to take the easy way out, you may want to replace the  stripped
screws with bolts, washers and lock nuts.  It is possible you just might
luck out and get enough bite to avoid the "full monty."

Bob Q
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From: <LafingBear at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mystery of the slow leak in bilge solved


> Hey Folks!  I've had a slow leak in the bilge for the last three weeks. I
> checked everything and tightened every screw I could reach. This weekend I
> sponged the bilge dry ,but  after sailing for four hours in some very
choppy waves,
> part wind driven, part motorboat wake, I found about four inches of water
in
> the bilge. There's a slow leak coming from under the lip of the cover on
the
> centerboard trunk. I tightened all of the screws I could reach, but two of
them
> are striped on the top and one of them isn't gripping the fiberglass, just
> turning but not getting tighter. What can I do to stop the leak? Can I
stop the
> leak without taking the boat out of the water? Any and all suggestions are
most
> welcome.
> Jim Gifford
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