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

[Russell Miller]

How about a diagram or pic of how you designed the PVC support gizmo?

Russ

s/v Bulldog
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eaton, Gil" <GEaton@IKON.com>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] How does all that water find it's way to the
bilge.


> Hi Bill,
> You make me feel better getting the hd truck tarp from Northern
> Tool.  It's a 12x24 Tarp held up with 1.5" pvc pipes, I think it was a
good
> idea for this year, it's still in good condition.  Picture attached.
> gil
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Effros [mailto:bill@effros.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:35 AM
> To: bberner@optonline.net; The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How does all that water find it's way to
> the bilge.
>
>
> 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
> f 914 478 3856
> e BBerner@optonline.net
>
>
>
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