[Rhodes22-list] Sinking at the dock!

[John Shulick]

FDG,

 Unsealed fiberglass can actually adsorb moisture from the air given enough
time. I've been told but have not verified by measurement that boats and
other fiberglass objects can become heavier over time because of this. What
year is your boat? 

John S


foredeckguy wrote:
> 
> The inflow was about 3 to 4 gallons an hour. I launched on Saturday
> morning and returned Sunday to put on running rigging but there was 3 
> inches of water above the floor in the cabin. After an hour of pumping, I
> could tell it wasn't a big hole but not good. Returned home to get trailer
> and after 2 hours another 5 buckets of water had come in. Pulling the boat
> was going to happen. On the hard, draining from the centerboard trunk has
> continued from Sunday afternoon to this evening (Wed.). Water appears to
> be seeping thru the trunk at about the level of the ballast or slightly
> lower. I can see some slight inward bowing of the trunk wall in only a
> couple of spots. There is still a lot of clearance from the trunk wall to
> the centerboard. Has anyone repaired a condition like this? I have looked
> at the excellent write-up Lou put out and hope it doesn't need to go to
> that level. Or do I just have to start cutting away the trunk inner liner
> to know whats going to be required? I have pictures I will try to attach
> that show water seeping thru the wall in almost 60% of circumference of
> the trunk, at about the level of the ballast. How could the fiberglass
> suddenly become porous? 
>    
> 

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