[Rhodes22-list] Through-hulls leaking from the trailer?

[Steve]

Bob
Fibreglass does flexs.  All thur hull do leak
evenutally.  Probably all that is wrong is that the
chalking went bad.  I guess it could be that the boat
flexed just right in order to break the chalking
seals.  Either way, not a big deal.  Just rebed them.
Steve


--- Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com> wrote:
> The Yankee Clipper was sitting on the trailer at the
> marina for about five 
> weeks and we launched it last Friday.  I noticed
> that the bilge was filling 
> with water, so tore apart the insides to verify that
> it was NOT the CB cap 
> leaking (thank goodness).  Pulled out battery #1 and
> noticed that the 
> through-hull for the holding tank discharge (port
> side) had a slow leak.  I 
> attributed this to the fact that I had put a drain
> plug into this fitting so 
> that discharge is not possible on the lake, since it
> is illegal.  I believe 
> that the guys taking it on and off the trailer at
> the marine likely hit the 
> plug against the bunk and caused the leak.
> 
> Well, the marina guys pulled it out after I went
> home and told me that the 
> other through-hull was leaking water (starboard
> side), not the one that I 
> specified to them.  They claim that the head intake
> through-hull was leaking 
>   after the boat was pulled out.  So, now I am
> confused...
> 
> They are trying to tell me that, as the boat sits on
> the trailer the hull 
> flexes because of the length of the bunk with no
> support in the middle of 
> the bunk.  That this somehow caused the through-hull
> to leak.
> 
> I am more than skeptical, but want to know if this
> is possible?  I have 
> trailered the boat many miles with no leaks, but
> when I did this I had 
> support brackets at the halfway spot on the bunks
> (which was NOT recommended 
> by GB).  So, I am skeptical as to which through-hull
> was actually leaking 
> (since I saw the port side leak with my own eyes and
> hands) and am also 
> skeptical that the trailer can cause a through-hull
> to leak.  Anyone ever 
> hear of this before?
> Thanks.
> Bob K
> 
> 
> >From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
> >Reply-To: kroposki at innova.net,The Rhodes 22 mail
> list 
> ><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: <jbconnolly at comcast.net>,"'The Rhodes 22 mail
> list'" 
> ><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Where is the leak this
> time
> >Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:21:31 -0400
> >
> >Bob,
> >	Where is the leak this time?
> >                               Ed K
> >
> >
> >
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