[Rhodes22-list] Jerry's leak

[Steve]

Could be condensation since it not much water he's
talking about.
Steve



--- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Jerry,
> 
> I'm with Rik here.  PUT THE DRILL DOWN AND STEP AWAY
> FROM THE SAILBOAT!!!
> 8-)   8-)  That'll only open up another can o' worms
> you don't need.  A
> small amount of water in the bilge won't hurt
> anything even if it does
> freeze.  A leak at the rub rail is fairly common and
> not too hard to fix.
> As Rik suggested, it could also be rain leaking from
> the topside deck
> somewhere.  In either case, if the boat is now up on
> the hard, no further
> damage should be expected if you cover the boat with
> a tarp.  Start by
> checking your rub rail if that's where you see water
> coming in when you're
> "X-sailing", (a term most of us now associate with
> Rummy) and go from there.
> Keep us posted.
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 11/5/03 10:47 PM, "Rik Sandberg"
> <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > 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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