[Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

[Wally Buck]

Rik's description is right on. Move the line to clear debris and make sure 
the stipper isn't plugging drain. My seats slant just as described.

I have an 84 and I don't have a lip, haven't seen many boats and never 
really looked though. Perhaps a past owner modified? I do think the front 
drain is a little small.

Hey it is snowing out!

Wally

>From: Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Barney's water
>Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:00:17 -0600
>
>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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