[Rhodes22-list] Washington Sailing Marina

[cowie]

Stan:

I previoulsy posted a pdf file that includes two photos of the Rhodes 22 at
the Washingtong Sailing Marina and she is not submerged rather flooded with
water.   I will try to post the pdf file again.

http://old.nabble.com/file/p27823731/r22WSM.pdf r22WSM.pdf 

Cowie 
R22 2009 Opus


stanleyl wrote:
> 
> Thanks all for the feedback but I am still flying blind here because I am 
> still missing the answer as to whether any of the 6 boats were completely 
> submerged so that the deck top was under water.  I had asked that question 
> to get an idea of water depth.  From what I am hearing, the Rhodes was
> never 
> completely submerged.   Were any others?
> 
> If so, that would indicate deep water and that since the Rhodes deck was 
> still above water, the floatation had done its job.  If all boats had
> their 
> decks above water that would indicate shallow depth and therefore no 
> positive indication of successful floatation since the boats were sitting
> on 
> the bottom, not able to go down far enough to get to the flotation level.
> 
> I am interested in getting the hard facts because it is very expensive for 
> us to conduct such tests and so we only did it once and those photos
> showed 
> that the floatation took over when the water lever went just above the 
> cockpit seat level.   We would be satisfied if the water level reaches the 
> cabin roof before floatation is effective.  In the only report I recall 
> hearing from an owner, attorney Paul Clevenger said that a rouge wave
> lifted 
> his boat and put it back in the water upside down and it floated and they 
> disconnected the mast and were able to right it.
> 
> stan/gbi
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <mputnam1 at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Washington Sailing Marina
> 
> 
>>
>> My boat is at the Washington Sailing Marina and it did not go down.  I 
>> asked the guys there about the storm-pushing-the-water-out theory, and 
>> they assured me that did not happen. They report that all of the boats 
>> that sank were overloaded with wet snow, began listing to one side, took 
>> on water and went down.
>>
>> Mark P.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Sent: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 6:25 am
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Washington Sailing Marina
>>
>>
>> Stan,
>> 've been wondering about this ever since it was posted that the boats
>> went
>> down. The only thing that makes sense to me is that this is a shallow
>> arina and  the storm pushed the water out, allowing the boats to reach
>> the
>> ottom. Boats  without positive flotation didn't have a chance and
>> probably
>> illed with water  as the water came back in. The Rhodes had the best 
>> chance of
>> urvivability  because of the flotation. It was probably filled with water
>> nd mud, but still  floating as the water returned.
>> everal sailboats were laid over on Lake Hartwell when the water went down
>> aster than the owners could move them. When the water level came back up,
>> any  of these boats simply filled with water and laid on the bottom 
>> waiting
>> or  someone to raise them. Attached is a photo of a San Juan 25 that was
>> aised  recently. It sat on the bottom for about nine months before the 
>> owner
>> ad her  raised.
>>
>> ummy
>>
>>
>> n a message dated 3/7/2010 1:16:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> tan at rhodes22.com writes:
>> Dave,
>> I have not had a clear picture of what  happened.   Were all boats
>> ompletely
>> nder water or were parts  of the decks (other than the masts) still above
>> ater  level?
>> stan/gbi
>>
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