[Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

[Steve Alm]

My centerboard line / drain does not drain well either, but if I take the
line out of the cleat and move it up and down a little the water runs out.
I don't have a 1/4" lip around it.  Fandango is a 1990 and it seems to
collect water there no matter how the gear is loaded.  But more importantly,
the water on the cockpit floor drains aft, so I doubt the boat itself is
tilting forward. If I stand on the transom, the water in the seat gutters
will SLOWLY roll aft, but it just never seemed to be a very big problem.
The bigger issue is to make sure the boat tilts back and drains when it's on
the trailer, i.e., jack the tongue high enough.
Slim

On 2/25/04 9:13 AM, "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net> wrote:

> Steve,
> That drain by the centerboard line does not always drain good.
> Mine has a lip of about 1/4" that prevents all water from draining.  The
> previous owner of my boat drilled holes in the seat gutter on each side
> to solve this problem.  He only created a greater problem.  For a while
> I had water getting into the cabin near the centerboard drain.  An
> inspection showed that the centerboard tubing was in good shape and not
> the cause of the problem.  One day a quick and heavy rain shower put me
> in the cabin during the rain.  An inspection under the starboard edge
> during the rain showed water siphoning along the edge from under the
> seat then dripping down.  I put tubes in the holes to drain the water
> into the cockpit and problem has stopped.  My boat inherently tilts a
> couple of degrees forward.  Since mine is an '84, maybe he has the same
> problem.  I do not believe it affects the sailing.
> Ed K
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