[Rhodes22-list] Bilge Water

[stan]

Dave,

love your e-mails to the list - keep them up

very few places the boat can leak below the water line.   the most likely is 
the cb seal.  you do have to take off the ply strip to really see all around 
the seal edges.  wiping the seal with a towel and then seeing if it gets 
moist can often show the guilty area.   if there is such a weeping area and 
the bolts around this area do not have fender washers, let us know and we 
will send you some.

let us know if you do find any signs of water coming from around the seal 
circumference.   if not there look in laz to see if water coming in from the 
hose from the cockpit floor by drying that area and seeing if it gets slowly 
wet again.

if not that area the only other test we do is to take the boat out of the 
water and leave or put water in it and see where it drips out from the 
bottom of the boat. - unlikely but a possibility is a fault in the cb trunk. 
this would show as drips coming from the slot in the bottom of the keel. 
just have to keep eliminating possible sources - if necessary we will take 
it back to the plant.

ss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Culp" <daculp at gmail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bilge Water


> Hi gang:
>
> What started as just a trace of water occassionally in the bilge after 
> being
> out for the day has become a trickle that you can see running in and 
> filling
> the bilge in the last couple of weeks.   My 1998 boat has not hit 
> anything,
> has not run aground going forward or backward and I have inspected all 
> areas
> that I can see without unscrewing things with no traces of leakage.  It is
> coming in quickly now even just sitting in the slip and seems to be coming
> from the centerboard trunk area (guessing) but I haven't taken the floor 
> up
> yet to look.  I reached back in as far as I could through the access
> panels and I don't feel anything leaking or any damage.  The only thing
> unusual is that the leak seems to be worse with the board up versus being
> all the way down.  I normally secure the board up when in the slip so
> it doesn't bang around.
>
> Just wondered if anyone ever had this happen and/or if are there are any
> known issues about the centerboard pivot pin, leaking gaskets or cap that 
> I
> need to pay particuliar attention to?  I suppose I should at least expose
> the cap while still in the water (not take it off) just in case I could 
> see
> something-any ideas or suggestions appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> David Culp
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