[Rhodes22-list] Condensation

[Rick]

Chris,

You might want to install a bilge pump if you're getting that much water
accumulating in the bilge.  Cutting a larger access port where the bilge is
deepest in front of the diamond board trunk would be preliminary to
installing the pump.

Rick

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Chris Cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>wrote:

> I went to the boat on Sunday and found water condensation dripping from the
> inside of the hatches and cabin ceiling, emptied about a gallon out of the
> bilge.  It seems like the sun passing through the translucent hatch is
> heating up the cabin interior that then causes the bilge water to fill the
> air and condense as it reaches the cooler cabin ceiling surface.  I suppose
> if I were to get all of the bilge water out then there would not be any
> moisture left to cause condensation even though the temperature differential
> would still exist.  It is tough to completely empty the bilge.  I have a
> small access panel just outside the head door, all other floor boards are
> securely screwed down.  This one removable floor board provides access only
> to the area around the center board trunk and this area appears to be
> slightly higher than the adjacent bilge areas port and starboard.  Do most
> rhodies leave the floor board screws out for easy access to all bilge areas?
>  Removal of the rode tray and installation of a nicro vent is probably my
> next step.  I had purchased a nicro vent that was supposed to be
> interchangeable with the cowl vent but it would have required complete
> removal of the thru deck cowl vent hardware.  I returned the nicro vent
> because I wanted the cowl vent option but now think it would be better to
> just go with the nicro vent.
>
> Christopher P. Cowie
>
>
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> Washington, DC  20007
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of David Bradley
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:18 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Condensation
>
> For anyone interested in how this turned out...
>
> The problem was the anchor rode tray, which was blocking the air flow.
> Duh.  Getting that out of the boat before "the rains" come (in Seattle
> that's pretty much November through May) allows the Nicro fan to adequately
> vent the boat.  Only minor condendsation since removing the tray and
> getting
> the rest of the junk out of the vee berth.
>
> Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving, survived Black Friday (damn
> marketers), and are geared up to do lots of holiday shopping and boost the
> economy.
>
> Dave
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:42 AM, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone experienced condensation forming inside the cabin to the
> extent
> > that it produced a few gallons of water in the bilge?
> >
> > I have been hoping to get some more sailing in before stripping the boat,
> > but we've had about a month of rain and some windy storms.  Have been
> > keeping an eye on the boat throughout but didn't go inside until this
> > weekend.  Found the ceiling beneath the pop top and bow covered with
> > condensation and about 4 gallons of water in the bilge (after being bone
> dry
> > for a couple of years).  It may be that the wind blew water in around the
> > pop top but I didn't see signs of that much water on the companionway
> step.
> >
> >
> > Just mopping the condensation off the ceiling produced about a gallon of
> > water, so I guess a month of that could produce a few more gallons.  But
> I
> > didn't see signs of it having saturated the cushions or PFDs stored on
> the
> > vee berth or the carpet below the pop top.
> >
> > I had the anchor line tray installed and and a bunch of stuff stored on
> the
> > vee berth, so the circulation was poor.  Got all that out now and
> hopefully
> > the Nicro fan can keep it vented for the rest of the winter - it has
> worked
> > fine in past years.
> >
> > Any similar experiences or speculation to help solve the mystery will be
> > appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
>
>
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> dwbrad at gmail.com
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