[Rhodes22-list] conjecturing on leakage

[Rick]

Art,

Spider cracks like that in the gelcoat usually indicate the underlying
support of the fiberglass is gone.  Tapping with a small wood mallet will
probably give a hollow sound.  I wouldn't wait for the floor to get soft.
By then, the damage would be well beyond the floor.

Rick

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Arthur H. Czerwonky <czerwonky at earthlink.net
> wrote:

> 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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