[Rhodes22-list] Help

[Saroj Gilbert]

I have a pretty sanguine attitude about wetness inside the boat... try to 
avoid it, but it is inevitable... its a boat, right?

so have your beer and dry out your boat and realize that it will be just 
fine...

(although I know it must be discouraging after putting so much work into it)

Saroj
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Brown" <sugargroveumc at bright.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Help


> Saroj,
> Everything you said was exactly what I was thinking. So I assume that
> everything is easily fixable. All I need to do is put in some hard work.
> Thanks
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Saroj Gilbert
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:32 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help
>
> Alan, so sorry for your predicament... this has happened to me as well in
> the past... usually the result of leaves clogging the scuppers.  The water
> from
> rain then accumulates on the benches and drains into the lazarette and 
> then
> into the cabin.  It has caused some damage to the floor and other wooden
> parts of the cabin.  I also have a slight problem with leaky port lights,
> however it sounds like you corrected that problem.
>
> I don't really know the answer to this other than using a tarp to keep the
> water off the benches (drapped over the boom or other device to maintain a
> peak).
>
> It will take a while to get the boat to dry out completely... My 
> experienced
>
> was that even after I got the bilge dry, water accumulated at a steady 
> rate
> over the next few days.  I'm convinced it had been sucked up into the foam
> or whereever and leached out over time...
>
> Good luck with the clean up.
>
> Saroj
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan Brown" <sugargroveumc at bright.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:51 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Help
>
>
>> All,
>> Tragedy has struck.
>> The other day we went out to the boat (stared on its trailer for the
>> winter)
>> and after all the hard work I did last summer basically rebuilding this
>> 1977
>> boat we found the it full of water. The water was up to the floorboards.
>> The
>> rear hatch was full of water, and the floor that I put in last summer was
>> wet. Last summer I rebuilt the drainage system, sealed all the windows 
>> and
>> made sure everything was water tight.
>> So the only thing that I can figure is that through out the winter the
>> rear
>> scuppers became clogged and the water over flowed into the rear hatch and
>> thus as the water collected it built up into the cabin and "there-in
>> squats
>> the toad".
>> My question is what should I do other than get the water out?
>> And how much should I worry?
>> If I put my boat on the lake and then leave it to for a week or two will
>> it
>> be full of water when I return?
>> Or should I just chuck it and auction it off on E-bay
>> Help
>> Alan
>>
>>
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