[Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Drain

[Leland]

Just left the boat.  Pushed a pointed steel rod through packed mud and yuck. 
Had I not known the hole went straight down, I would have stopped when I hit
resistence.

Thanks again!

Lee


Leland wrote:
> 
> As always, thanks everyone for the great advice!
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
>> 
>> Yup. Straight down. With the boat on the trailer we can look down and 
>> see the grass. Because your boat is in the water, heed the advice of 
>> others about being careful not to damage the thru-hull.
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> 
>> Mary Lou
>> 
>> 
>> At 10:52 AM 2/2/2009, you wrote:
>> 
>>>Hank,
>>>
>>>The floor drain.  It goes straight through the lazarette but I'm not sure
if
>>>it continues straight down from there.
>>>
>>>Lee
>>>
>>>
>>>Hank-5 wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Lee,
>>> >
>>> > Are you talking abot the floor drain or the ones on the benches? Floor
>>> > draon goes stright trhough the hull, I think. If you open the
>>> > lazerrette, you should be able to see how all of the go.
>>> >
>>> > Hank
>>> >
>>> > On 2/2/09, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Where is the exit for the cockpit drain?  Does it go straight through
>>> the
>>> >> lazarette and out the bottom or does it curve aft?
>>> >>
>>> >> Mine is clogged, most likely with ice and debris.  I was going to
>>> stick a
>>> >> bent wire hanger down the hole but wasn't sure if that was a smart
>>> idea.
>>> >> If
>>> >> the drain goes straight down through the hull, I think the hanger
>>> would
>>> >> reach out the bottom.  If the drain curves, I think I'd rather try to
>>> >> blow
>>> >> it out with an air or water hose.
>>> >>
>>> >> Maybe it will unclog if I just take her out for a sail.
>>> >>
>>> >> She's in the water and I haven't a trailer.
>>> >>
>>> >> Lee
>>> >> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>>> >> Kent Island, MD
>>> >> --
>>> >> View this message in context:
>>> >> http://www.nabble.com/Cockpit-Drain-tp21791402p21791402.html
>>> >> Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>> >>
>>> >> __________________________________________________
>>> >> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go
>>> to
>>> >> http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>>> >> __________________________________________________
>>> >>
>>> > __________________________________________________
>>> > To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
>>> > http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>>> > __________________________________________________
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>--
>>>View this message in context: 
>>>http://www.nabble.com/Cockpit-Drain-tp21791402p21792072.html
>>>Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>
>>>__________________________________________________
>>>To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go 
>>>to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>>>__________________________________________________
>>>
>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>>>Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1930 - Release Date: 
>>>02/01/09 18:02:00
>> 
>> __________________________________________________
>> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>> __________________________________________________
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cockpit-Drain-tp21791402p21800069.html
Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.