[Rhodes22-list] hull leak question for Tom
Tootle
ekroposki at charter.net
Wed Aug 6 16:55:40 EDT 2008
Tom:
About the picture that you posted. Is that water draining or ice? Was
there water in the bilge? Did you look under the floor boards in the cabin?
Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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Tom Hogarty wrote:
>
> The boat is at Casa Rio Marina in Mayo, Maryland, just down the road from
> my marina where I launched. I was referred there by an instructor from a
> local sailing school. They sounded familiar with Rhodes, and will do the
> repair. Should I trust them to know this? I thought about taking it to
> Stan, but the trip would cost almost as much as the work.
> Tom
>
>
>
> Miracleboat wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I just finished major repairs to my hull. I have an '81Rhodes. My
>> only advice would to be very aggressive in seeing the cement under
>> the head area. My delamination was under there and I was already on
>> stands when I took up my flooring job to take a closer look at the
>> cement which is used for ballast in the forward belly of the boat,
>> just aft of the foam.
>>
>> My leak came all the way back through the cement and into the bilge
>> when I tried to launch last year. I was already in the process of
>> stripping off all the gelcoat
>> and applied 10+layers of West System epoxy with Barrier Coating.
>>
>>
>> good luck
>> Lou Rosenberg
>> s/v Miracles
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>> On Aug 6, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Tom Hogarty wrote:
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>>>
>>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18858215/Rhodes22%2Bleaking%2Bhull%
>>> 2B009.jpg
>>>
>>> Finally launched, but leaked, and trailered to repair. Appeared to
>>> fellows
>>> in the marine shop to be winter damage from freezing water. It was
>>> a really
>>> nasty winter in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, from where it was shipped.
>>> We are
>>> undaunted and getting good at working with the mast, down much
>>> faster than
>>> up. Ours is a 1982 model.
>>> Tom Hogarty
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