[Rhodes22-list] conjecturing on leakage

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Rick, Joe,

If there were seepage thru the cockpit sole, and resultant deterioration/delamination of the core, wouldn't you reasonably expect an indication of a soft floor?  What size drains aft, on seat level?

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 8, 2009 11:31 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] conjecturing on leakage
>
>Joe,
>
>I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but spider cracks like that in the
>cockpit sole indicate a more insidious problem.  There is probably rot in
>the underlying support of the sole.  The water causing the rot may well be
>what's leaking into your lazarette, but your problem is more than stopping a
>leak.  Pulling up the table leg anchor will be only a small part of that
>effort.
>
>Rick
>
>On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> The saga continues.  It's been 36 hours since I poured a gallon of green
>> dyed water into the bilge and so far I have only seen a little water
>> come into the laz.  Not enough to tell the color.  So either it takes
>> time to migrate or, as a couple of people have suggested, it's coming
>> from underneath the cockpit floor.  So while we wait I thought I'd
>> entertain you with more pictures and also a question about the table leg
>> support in the cockpit.  Two people have indicated that they experienced
>> leaks under the table leg support that led to the collection of water
>> under the cockpit sole.  So I tried pulling the table leg support to
>> have a look.  I took out all the screws, but the plate seems to be glued
>> down really well to the floor and I hesitate to pry on it and crack the
>> glass.  So maybe it is not the problem.
>> But in the picture cockpit1.jpg I hope you can see the spider web-like
>> crack in the trough at the aft end of the cockpit.  Could water have
>> leaked through this crack to end up in the laz?
>> I have included a couple more photos of the cockpit drain since one
>> person indicated my earlier photos didn't show the problem very well.
>> Ideas?
>> I'd really like to diagnose the problem if I can before hauling the boat
>> all the way to Edenton only to find it was something simple that I could
>> have fixed like a leak around the table leg support.
>> Joe
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