[Rhodes22-list] Jerry's leak

[Bob Keller]

I agree with Rik below in that more info is needed.  But, try pulling out 
all the floorboards and sprinkle baby powder all over the bilge.  Then you 
will be able to see where the water is coming from.  Sort of like footprints 
in the snow...
Bob K


>From: Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: sanderico at earthlink.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Jerry's leak
>Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:39:40 -0600
>
>Jerry isn't giving us many hints as to just where to look for this leak. Is
>the boat in the water all the time when this water appears? Does it only
>appear after it rains? Is the boat slipped/sailed in fresh or salt water? 
>is
>the bilge water fresh or salty? Hard to solve a mystery without more clues.
>:-)
>
>Rik
>
>
>On 11/06/2003 08:05 am, you wrote:
> > 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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