[Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

[Rik Sandberg]

PT

I never had a thru-hull there. Guess I haven't seen a boat that did. Not to 
say that there aren't some.

Rik

At 12:37 PM 2/25/2004, you wrote:
>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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