[Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

[Ronald Lipton]

The cockpit cover I had made solves these problems.  I had it 
made primarily because I am mooring in Monroe Harbor, with little 
or no chance for dockside cleaning or maintenance.  The cover keeps 
the boat clean and dry, with the extra pain of 5 minutes of setup and 
takedown each sail.  

Ron
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
To: "'Robert Dilk'" <Robert.Dilk at TRW.COM>
Cc: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Barney's water


> 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
> 
>  
> 
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