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[Robert Quinn]

Martin:  We also have an '86.  We discovered that the sink drain hose which
actually is above the water line when the boat is on her lines, was cracked.
Therefore when we were on a port tack, we were sucking in water.  It was a
pretty simple fix.

 Bob on the "NoKaOi"
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> Hi.  I am new to this list.  With a problem.  I have owned a Rhodes 22 for
> six years, it is a 1986 boat,  and I keeping getting about two inches of
water
> in the bilge.  I pick up the wooden floor panel and pump it out but it
comes in
> again.  Where is it coming from?  Also, I noticed just the other day that
> when I sail and heel over  more water is somehow getting in to the bilge,
even a
> few millimeters above the floor. Again, any ideas where the water is
coming
> from?  Is it possibly coming in on the toilet out line, which is at the
water
> level.  Finally, does it matter if I have water in the bilge as long as it
> doesn't overflow.  The wooden floor sometimes gets damp. Can it rot?
Sorry there
> are so many questions.  I love the boat, but would appreciate any advice.
> Martin
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