[Rhodes22-list] bilge water, or taking a leak

[David Walker]

I had so much trouble keeping the stock water pump primed that I upgraded to 
a self-priming pump.  Then my wife said she would not even consider using 
water that had been in "That" tank for anything, so I gave up cleaning and 
filling it every year.  We bring water bottles along.


David Walker

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Babb" <joe.babb at comcast.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:08 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] bilge water, or taking a leak


> With all the talk about leaks and water in the bilge, I thought I'd
> share another source just in case anybody else was having this
> "problem".  Our boat was recycled last year.  From time to time, I
> noticed water in either the bilge or in the laz.  Experiments showed
> that it was not from rain.  Was it the CB cap?  To make a long story
> short after some further detective work I found that it was from the
> built-in water tank.  This water tank is located forward of the
> portapotty.  It has a 1/2" hose barb connection at the very top, aft
> corner.  If you fill this tank with water, and then go sailing where you
> are heeled over to starboard for a while (like on Pamlico Sound a couple
> of weeks ago) then the tank quietly empties into the bilge.
> The fix:
> Take a 3' piece of 1/2" tubing, stick on the hose barb, tie-wrap the
> tubing to the water fill hose.  No more "leaks".
> Joe
>
> p.s. the other problem you can run into with this tank and associated
> pump is that if it is fairly empty and you sail heeled over to port,
> then the hose from the tank to the pump may get an air lock and the pump
> won't pump water.  If you've got enough air in your lungs you can blow
> on the above mentioned tube to force water up to the pump again.
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