[Rhodes22-list] Nine people on the R22!

[Michael D. Weisner]

Slim,

Check the hose from the cockpit drain.  We had to replace our hose when a 
rodent had gotten trapped in the laz and chewed on the hose before finding a 
way out (over the separator between the laz and under the cockpit seats, we 
think.)  The water filled the laz first, causing the boat to sail lower in 
the stern and eventually taking water in the cockpit (up the drain) before 
we realized what was going on.  Changing the hose is not easy.  We needed to 
remove the through hull fitting to be able to attach the replacement hose. 
The process required 2-3 people, resealing the through hull fitting while 
inserting the fitting into the lower portion of the hose.  Oh, by the way, 
the boat must be OUT OF THE WATER to make the repair.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Steven Alm" <stevenalm at gmail.com> Monday, September 24, 2007 4:49 PM
> This is our seventh season with our beloved Fandango but this was a first.
> We were having a wonderful day of sailing on both the Rhodes and the Hobie
> and celebrating the visit home of Judi's son Jason, who incidentally has 
> his
> 500 ton license and works as a captain of a private 93 footer in 
> Vancouver.
> There were lots of guests and after dinner we went out for a beautiful
> moonlit sail, all nine of us, well-oiled.  With that much weight on board
> the cockpit floor is at or below the waterline so water comes up the 
> cockpit
> drain.  I've noticed this before when we've had six or seven people on 
> board
> but it was never a real problem.  A little water sloshing around bare feet
> is OK and I never put a plug in the drain because I just KNOW I'd forget 
> to
> remove it at the dock and then the rain water wouldn't be able to escape.
> We've also been known to bury the rail and ship water into the cockpit.
>
> But this time the water in the cockpit was higher than it had ever been. 
> We
> discovered that there is obviously a hole in the cockpit liner somewhere
> along the edge above the floor.  We were soon standing in ankle deep water
> in the cabin!  We rolled in the sails, plugged the drain and motored home.
> As soon as most of the people stepped out of the boat we pulled out the 
> plug
> and the cockpit began to drain.  We have an electric bilge pump but it was
> clogged which we eventually remedied in addition to hand bailing with
> buckets.  The laz was also flooded.  We had the boat dried out in about a
> half hour.
>
> I have no idea how to go about finding the hole short of plugging the 
> drain
> and filling the cockpit with the hose and recreate the flood but I really
> don't want to flood my cabin again!  Lesson learned:  More than four 
> aboard
> requires a drain plug despite the hazard of forgetting to remove it.
>
> Slim
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