[Rhodes22-list] Jerry's leak

[Rik Sandberg]

Jerry,

Have you checked your cockpit and seat drain hoses. I wonder if one of those 
isn't seeping just a bit. Sounds like the water might be getting under the 
foam floation beneath the cockpit and seeping from there into the bilge near 
the centerboard housing where you are removing it. It takes a bit for all the 
water that gets under the foam to come out.

Rik


On 11/05/2003 09:17 pm, you wrote:
> Ric& Ed (and anybody else who wants to jump into to fray),
>  The P.O. told me to suck out the bilge every two weeks , it will be fine.I
> tried to empty every week, I'd get a cup- cup1/2.Went for 3 weeks,only 2
> cups. When I suck it out,I get a cup right off the bat,then a tablespoon
> every minute,for the next 10-15 minutes.It's this saturation that has me
> worried.After a real sporting day(15-20 knots), the port settee back
> cushion (aft) was damp,and I could see where water had come thru the
> rubrail,there was an extra cup of water at the end of that day. I've
> checked there after that day ,and could not see any leak from rain. My boat
> is bow heavy,only a 2.5hp Yamaha kicker,not much in lazerette.I have not
> used the centerboard at all,didn't seem to want to go down the only time I
> tried to use it,My lake is shallow and I didn't want to drag it around the
> lake all summer if something failed.I wonder if my leak is not in the
> centerboard area,need to remove for bottom painting,so I'll check that out.
>
>
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