[Rhodes22-list] communication leaks

[BenCittadino]

Joe;

Makes perfect sense. So we've learned, "if her nose is in the air, be
careful of her intentional orifice." Got it.
:)

BenCittadino



Joe Babb wrote:
> 
> All,
> I am reminded of the phrase "what we have here is a failure to 
> communicate" and also Sir Francis Bacon's discussion of pitfalls in 
> communication.
> 
> I "think" I have resolved my question for the moment.  My concern was 
> that I didn't understand why water should be seeping out at the BASE of 
> the through hull fitting in the lazarette.  I wasn't trying to find out 
> specifically where water was getting into the boat originally.  I was 
> trying to get an answer to why it was seeping at the base of the through 
> hull (he said redundantly, once more).
> 
> What many folks including Stan missed was my remark that the boat was 
> sitting on a hill with the stern downhill.  I should have shown a 
> picture of the boat, but didn't.  In the pictures of the laz, I should 
> have indicated with an arrow the direction of water flow towards the 
> stern.  But I didn't.  Comments about it not being possible for water to 
> flow from the bilge to the laz made me search in other directions which 
> lead to serious concerns about the cockpit floor.  What was missed was 
> the fact that the boat is sitting on a hill.  So it IS possible for 
> water to flow from the bilge to the laz with the stern downhill.  It 
> just takes its own sweet time about it.  The bilge does communicate with 
> the lazarette and other regions of the boat.  This gives one a common 
> place to sponge up water acquired via any kind of leak, above or below 
> the waterline.  But the boat must be level or nearly so for gravity to 
> do its thing.
> 
> After talking with Stan I have learned that there is probably nothing 
> abnormal about my situation.  I still think it is screwy that water 
> should seep from where it seeps.  Unless the boat has its nose in the 
> air, like it does now, you'd never see this.  If the water was seeping 
> from an intentional orifice in the laz, I would never have been 
> worried.  As it is, it is possibly because the fiberglass tabbing of the 
> cockpit to the laz floor didn't take just in that one spot.
> 
> In the course of investigation, though, I did find 4 of the 8 screws 
> holding the table leg flange were stripped.  So I will be repairing 
> that.  But the flange is glued securely to the floor anyhow.  As one 
> person pointed out, this does not mean that water doesn't get in under 
> that flange.  So when I have some time, I'll level the boat and fill the 
> cockpit up and see what happens.
> Hope all this makes sense.
> Joe
> 
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