[Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

[Kroposki]

Bob Dilk:

    I do not recommend drilling holes.  My holes came with the boat and
caused problems.  The tubing I selected was based on preexisting holes.
The tricky part was epoxying the tubes to the bottom of the seats.  

    I believe the picture that Steve was referring to was actually
posted by Roger P. That fix was quite close to what I did, except that
my predrilled holes were located differently.  That post used epoxy to
make nipples and then put a larger tube on the nipple.

    How did I choose the tubing?  I measured the holes, and went to Ace
Hardware and got a couple of feet of two sizes that were close.
Actually, I used the smaller of the two.

                 Ed K

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Dilk [mailto:Robert.Dilk at TRW.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:18 PM
To: kroposki at innova.net
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

 

PLease

What size holes, what size/type tubiing, what kind of glue?

 

Bob

S/V Knot Necessary

 

>>> "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net> 02/25/04 10:13AM >>>

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