[Rhodes22-list] Jerry's leak

[Steve]

Yeah, Rik, I notice that too.  I'm just guessing also.
Steve


--- Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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