[Rhodes22-list] How does all that water find it's way to the bilge.

[Bill Effros]

Bill,

I feel better.

I went to my boat 2 days ago and found the same problem, only worse. I had
an inch thick sheet of ice in the cabin and 2 inches thick in the cockpit.

I made 2 mistakes I know of.

1.  I haven't been checking the boat regularly as I have done in past
winters.
2.  I didn't leave the boat very high at the bow on the trailer as I have in
the past.

Most of the water has thawed over the past couple of days.  (The bilge is
still a block of ice.)  Water got everywhere.

We have never had a winter like this since I've had my R22.  I've never had
even the slightest problem in the past.

I think snow + rain is the problem.   All the drain holes were plugged with
ice, so at some point the water had nowhere to go.  With frozen snow all
over the place, the rain wasn't channeled anywhere.  It puddled.  Froze.
Thawed.  Seeped.

Boats with tarps did no better than ours.  Many tarps were shredded.  There
was a lot of damage to things holding up the tarps.  Some boats with tarps
were hurt on their trailers because snow in the tarp put weight in
unexpected places.

Bruce told me his boat did not suffer water damage.  Parked without a tarp
25 feet away from mine.  I think his bow might have been a bit higher than
mine.

So I thought it was just me, and I couldn't figure it out.  Thanks for
letting me know I'm not alone on this one.

Bill Effros


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Berner" <bberner@optonline.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:00 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] How does all that water find it's way to the bilge.


It's finally been warm the last few days here in the North East, so I headed
off to my boat club to check up on my boat.

I must confess that I never covered it at the end of the season last year -
just put it on the trailer, parked it where they told me, took off the
cushions, and expensive stuff from the cabin, and took down the genoa.

Went back to check things out once before all the snow kicked in.

Yesterday's inspection was pretty good with one GLARING exception.

Upon checking the bilge I found water nearly up to the underside of the
cabin sole.  Now the boats bow is higher than the stern on the trailer, and
when I looked at the carpet in the aft end of the cabin, I found it was wet.
Apparently water had even soaked through the sole into the carpet back
there.

I have a deck plate in the hole for the nicro vent on the bow.

I also found some, but not an alarming amount of water in the lazarette.

There are no signs in the cabin of water having come in from above decks.

The boat is leaning a bit to starboard on the trailer, and the starboard
seat drain is stopped up.  The port drain is clear.

There was no water in the cockpit.  The cockpit drain is clear.

So how did that volume of water find its way into the bilge?

Any ideas? Theories and experiences welcomed.

Thanks.


Bill Berner
191 South Broadway
Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706

v 914 478 2896
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