[Rhodes22-list] Gurgling Rhodes22

[Robert Quinn]

Gad!  I love creative people!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lange, Frederick" <Frederick.Lange@nationalcity.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gurgling Rhodes22


> Hi Ed,
>
> I was just catching up on last week's list and noticed you got some
> suggestions to use a drain stopper to quiet the noise.  Instead, you ought
> to use a door stopper.
>
> I noticed my boat produced a noise on a light air day when the cockpit was
> filled with porky in-laws.  And when my 300 pound brother-in-law insisted
on
> steering, water sometimes backed up through the drain so an inch or two
> covered the cockpit deck.  With the gurgling sound and water coming in,
they
> would think the boat was sinking and wanted to quickly get off.
>
> So I took a rubber door stopper and epoxied it to the bottom of the hull
> just forward of the drain hole.  The thick end of the stopper is at the
edge
> of the hole and the stopper tapers forward.  With just the slightest
forward
> motion of the boat, the door stopper placement creates a vacuum in the
hole
> which prevents any water from going up the drain hose.  No noise, no water
> up the drain.
>
> Now the in-laws fearlessly pile in and take over for long, endless sails.
>
> Regards,
> Fred
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: "Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net>
> >Reply-To: kroposki@innova.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list
> ><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >CC: <rhodes-list@sailnet.net>
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Gurgling Rhodes22
> >Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:17:49 -0500
> >
> >
> >Does anyone else's boat makes a gurgling sound by the transom or rudder
> >when under sail and moving.  Is this sound normal for a Rhodes22 moving
> >briskly under sail.  Or do I just have a gurgling boat?
> >                                        Ed K
> >
>
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