[Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

[Peter Thorn]

Rik,

I think the lip is part of the through hull fitting attaching to the hose.
It is on my '84.  If you grind the lip off, the CB pennant hose would then
be loose below.

PT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico at earthlink.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Barney's water


> My experience with water in the seats was:
>
> The seats are a bit higher in the rear than the front in relation to the
> cockpit floor. Check it out with your 8 gallon Rubbermaids. They will
slide
> under the seats with a bit of room to spare at the rear of the cockpit. At
> the front, you have to lift on the seats a bit to get them to go under.
So,
> if the cockpit floor is level, the seats slant forward just a bit.
>
> Also, I my centerboard lifting line had one of those little stopper balls
> on it. If I let the ball sit down tight to the hole in the gutter, it
would
> stop the water from draining through there. I also found, like Slim, that
I
> needed to move the line a bit once in a while to move whatever little bit
> of junk might have accumulated down there and make room for the water to
> flow through.
>
> After a rain, I would always have a bit of water in the front part of the
> seat gutter. Usually pulling the centerboard up a bit, then cleating it so
> the stopper ball didn't cover the hole would drain this water just fine. I
> didn't have a lip around this hole though.
>
> Maybe take a dremel and remove the lip??? Don't know why you'd need a lip
> there.
>
> Rik
>
> At 11:42 AM 2/25/2004, you wrote:
> >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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