[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Bud on bilge water

[Bill Effros]

Rummy calls his boat "Tipsy".

Bill Effros

Bud wrote:

> Thanks for all the suggestions on sources of water intrusion.  Now 
> that the Florida weather is drying out,
> I will take a garden hose and check out the rub-rails, cockpit, seats, 
> and CB tube.  I have tried searching
> the archives by copying files over and searching with an editor, but 
> for me it's a pretty tedious task.
> Rummy, I look forward to seeing pictures of your boat (what do you 
> call her anyway?) heeling such
> that the sink fills!
>
> -Bud Connor
>
>
> David Walker wrote:
>
>> Rummy,
>>
>> You obviously need more barrels of rum in the bilge for ballast.  
>> Maybe Stan
>> has moved the thoughhull, but  I sail on the Atlantic and have never 
>> come
>> close to getting water backing into the sink.  In that case though a 
>> higher
>> loop with an air valve would be better than a check valve as they add
>> appreciable flow resistance and tend to stick closed.
>>
>> Dave
>> David Walker
>> David Walker Photography
>> davidwalkerphotography.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Reply to Bud on bilge water
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> David,
>>> You make good points concerning the bilge pump. However, I have 
>>> filled the
>>> sink on Rum Runner on several occasions by running at an extreme 
>>> heal. The
>>> water  runs back out when I right her, but if I were to install a bilge
>>>   
>>
>> pump, I
>>  
>>
>>> would  want a check valve inline somewhere..
>>>
>>> Rummy
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