[Rhodes22-list] Latest on the Boat

[Hank]

Rik,

Sure sounds reasonable.  I try to get up there this weekend and clean out
the hoses and see if that fixes it.

Thanks,

Hank

On 11/14/06, Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hank,
>
> If your seat drain hoses are plugged, the water will build up on the
> back seat and go through the lazarette hatch and in. This will easily
> account for 50 gallons of water in the boat. Don't ask me how I know
> this. :-) Bet that's your trouble, but, I'd check those hoses just the
> same to make sure they aren't cracked.
>
> Rik
>
> Hank wrote:
> > Bill,
> >
> > That's a good idea.  I'll talk to the yard and see if they can do that
> > for
> > me.  She'll spend the rest of the winter on jack stands and the drier
> > I can
> > get her, the better.
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > On 11/14/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hank,
> >>
> >> If you store the boat on jack stands with the bow much higher than the
> >> stern you can reduce the damage, no matter where the water is coming
> >> from.
> >>
> >> In my boat all the water that gets into the boat will collect in the
> >> fiberglass lazarette, and most of it will channel toward and exit
> >> through the stern self bailing scupper.  Make sure the stern seat holes
> >> go somewhere self-bailing.
> >>
> >> I don't wind up with a whole lot of water in the lazarette, and I
> always
> >> have blocks under the trailer so the boat can't kick up from the added
> >> stern weight.
> >>
> >> Check and bail the lazarette periodically.
> >>
> >> Bill Effros
> >>
> >> Hank wrote:
> >> > Hi Gang,
> >> >
> >> > Just wanted to give an update on what we are doing with the boat we
> >> > bought
> >> > off of eBay back in September.  We got the IMF out this last weekend
> >> with
> >> > only one problem.  The PO had installed a cleat on the mast and the
> >> > screws
> >> > protruded in and wouldn't let the IMF slide past.  The screws were
> >> > frozen to
> >> > the cleat and we ended up having to cut the cleat off with a sawzall.
> >> > After
> >> > that it was a breeze.  Both sails are in decent shape and we plan to
> >> send
> >> > them to Sailcare for cleaning and re-resining.  The Jib needs a new
> >> > sunbrella, but is a good North sail and it even has a foam luff pad.
> >> > Overall, the sails are in better condition than I had hoped.  We also
> >> > stripped the bottom paint off using peel away.  Came off pretty good
> >> > and the
> >> > bottom underneath looks in great shape.  In the spring we'll sand it
> >> down
> >> > good and apply a good barrier coat followed by the bottom paint.  All
> >> the
> >> > rigging looks in good shape so there is not really a whole lot to do
> >> > to get
> >> > it ready to sail.
> >> >
> >> > Are next big task for her is to get the cabin cleaned up and to
> figure
> >> > out
> >> > where all the rain water is coming in from.  In about a month
> >> sitting on
> >> > Jack stands, she collected about 50 gallons of rain water (10 5 gal
> >> > buckets), so I am concerned about where it's coming in.  Apparently
> >> > this has
> >> > been going on for awhile as the flooring is shot from being water
> >> logged.
> >> > We'll need to pull it up and replace it.  Not sure what we will use
> >> > for the
> >> > new flooring, but suggestions are welcome.  The cabin also needs a
> >> good
> >> > cleaning up but that is mostly elbow grease.  The only electrical on
> >> > it so
> >> > far is the nav lights.  I'll be thinking about what to do with that
> >> > over the
> >> > next few months.
> >> >
> >> > I'm still shooting for a mid spring splash and a lot of good sailing
> >> next
> >> > year.  Much of the work she needs can be done in the water, so we can
> >> > still
> >> > sail on good days and work on windless days.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Hank
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