[Rhodes22-list] Gasoline spill under the floor

[brad haslett]

Rummy,

You and I had this conversation a couple of years ago
and Sir, I disagree.  At the time, my problem was a
leaking scupper hose.  Rainfall was draining through
the cockpit drains and then leaking through the hoses
that pass through the lazaret (spelling of my choice)
to the transom.  Once in the lazaret (where the leak
was), water had free passage to everywhere in the
boat.  You may have one of Stan's "special models" or
have been damn lucky.  If I was Barry, I would treat
my boat like the Titanic.  Yeah, its got watertight
bulkheads, but water seems to find a place everywhere.

Brad
--- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> MJM,
> I have seen on some of the older models where there
> is an opening in the  
> lazzerette which would allow liquid to seep into the
> cockpit foam and work its  
> way to the bilge. My boat is not set up like that.
> The lazzerette is completely 
>  sealed off from the rest of the boat. If the gas
> did find its way into the 
> foam,  it could also melt the foam, causing a
> sponginess on the cockpit floor 
> and also  take much longer to dry out.
>  
> Rummy
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