[Rhodes22-list] New Owner Questions ...

[Lloyd Crowther]

Robert,

Stick your head under the seat and check that the rear cabin bulkhead goes
all the way up to the bottom of the seat with no openings and that the drain
discharges directly into the cockpit behind that bulkhead.  If so, you can
forget my comments.  Attached are two photos; one shows the location of my
seat drain and the other shows the hose that carries the water from that
drain through the rear cabin bulkhead into my cockpit.  In that photo, the
hole the hose is coming out of is in the rear cabin bulkhead on the
starboard side.  Mine is an '84 Rhodes 22, your boat may be different!

Lloyd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Dobson" <robertdobson777 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Owner Questions ...


> Lloyd, You speak of corner drain in the forward seat
> gutter which drains onto the cabin sole needing new
> hose and rebedding. My drains in the gutters of the
> cockpit seats have no hoses, they are just holes in
> the gutters. Im I missing something?--- Lloyd Crowther
> <lcrowther at cox.net> wrote:
> > I have had two sources of leaks into my bilge, the
> > corner drain in the
> > forward starboard seat gutter which drains onto the
> > cabin sole needed a new
> > hose and rebedding, and the chain plates needed to
> > be rebedded.  The former
> > was detected by a dampness just aft of my icebox but
> > the latter had no
> > visible signs inside my boat and I doubt that they
> > would have inside yours.
> > However, if you unscrew the chainplate covers you
> > may (or may not) see voids
> > in or around the caulking.  On the other hand, if
> > your boat is in salt water
> > and the hose from the cockpit sole drain is loose at
> > the bottom, or the
> > fitting in the hull itself is leaking, you can tell
> > by tasting (not
> > drinking) your bilge water.
> >
> > Lloyd
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robert Dobson" <robertdobson777 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Owner Questions ...
> >
> >
> > > Roger, Thank you for your insight. So with the
> > larger
> > > head sail I really do not need the inside tracks.
> > As
> > > for my leaky problem,I have throughly gone thru
> > the
> > > inside of the cabin and can see no evidence of any
> > > leaks . As to the gutters of the seats , yes I
> > have
> > > drains, but drilling them farther back, I am
> > missing
> > > something, because they would still seem to drain
> > out
> > > into the main cockpit in the center of the rear of
> > the
> > > cockpit. I addressed the lazarette possibility but
> > no
> > > success.  The area I have not been able to check
> > is
> > > the hose which leads the centerboard pennant. How
> > do I
> > > get at this to check It? Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Bob Dobson
> > > s/v Kee Lee--- Roger Pihlaja
> > <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Bob,
> > > >
> > > > Question #1:
> > > >
> > > > With any foresail bigger than about 100%, route
> > the
> > > > sheets outside of the
> > > > shrouds on all points of sail.
> > > >
> > > > Question #2:
> > > >
> > > > Check the following:
> > > >
> > > > Do you have drains in the gutters on the seats
> > in
> > > > the cockpit located in the
> > > > extreme front corners of the cockpit, port &
> > > > starboard?  If you do; then,
> > > > you may have found your unattended boat leak!
> > Plugs
> > > > those drain holes up
> > > > with epoxy & redrill the drain holes in the
> > gutters
> > > > a couple of inches aft.
> > > >
> > > > Are your cockpit seat gutter drains clogged up &
> > not
> > > > flowing freely?  If so,
> > > > they may be allowing rainwater to overflow the
> > > > cockpit seat gutters into the
> > > > lazarette compartment, which is connected to the
> > > > bilge.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have any fittings thru the cockpit sole
> > which
> > > > may be leaking?  They
> > > > may need to be rebedded.
> > > >
> > > > Is the cockpit sole drain/thru hull leaking into
> > the
> > > > lazarette compartment?
> > > >
> > > > Is the hose which leads the centerboard pennant
> > from
> > > > the cockpit down to the
> > > > centerboard leaking?
> > > >
> > > > Are you certain you don't have a leak from a
> > deck
> > > > fitting, hull deck joint,
> > > > chain plate, or port?
> > > >
> > > > Good Luck!
> > > >
> > > > Roger Pihlaja
> > > > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Robert Dobson"
> > <robertdobson777 at yahoo.com>
> > > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > > > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:45 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Owner Questions
> > ...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I to have a two questions for the
> > board...---too
> > > > > #1 my Rhodes22 does not have inside tracts
> > > > installed.
> > > > > I have 175 jib and Intermast main . Obviously
> > I
> > > > sail
> > > > > with full blown jib out side the the shrouds.
> > From
> > > > the
> > > > > discussion so far it is not a big benefit with
> > the
> > > > 175
> > > > > to go inside. I shorten up to tach but
> > otherwise I
> > > > am
> > > > > 100% out. Would you consider it necessary or
> > just
> > > > a
> > > > > option , to be able to go inside with the 175
> > ?
> > > > >
> > > > > #2 I know that it his been way above normal in
> > > > rain
> > > > > fall in Wisconsin this year. Each time I go to
> > the
> > > > > boat, I have to bail at least a full bucket or
> > 2
> > > > out
> > > > > of the bilge. I know it is not from the
> > bottom. It
> > > > is
> > > > > rain water and I can not see any obvious areas
> > the
> > > > it
> > > > > is coming in the cabin area. The lazerette is
> > now
> > > > got
> > > > > weather stripping on it but has not cured the
> > > > problem.
> > > > > Are there other drains or channels that might
> > > > allow
> > > > > for this that I am missing? It is dry in the
> > > > lazerette
> > > > > as long as the water does not accumulate too
> > much
> > > > > before I get to bail. The areas do not seem to
> > be
> > > > open
> > > > > to each other but still there is flow back and
> > > > forth
> > > > > between the lazerette and the bilge. Just
> > > > wondering if
> > > > > any one has experienced similar problems?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bob Dobson
> > > > > s/v Kel Lee
> > > > >
> > > > > Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:
> > > > > > Sheldon,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Question #1:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am assuming your foresail was reefed to
> > less
> > > > than
> > > > > > 100% in these
> > > > > > conditions.  However, if you are in doubt,
> > if
> > > > the
> > > > > > clew of the foresail
> > > > > > extended aft of the chainplate on the upper
> > > > > > sidestays; then, you should
> > > > > > always route the sheets outside of the
> > shrouds.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The only time you will want to route the
> > sheets
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
>
>
>
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