[Rhodes22-list] Sinking at the dock!

[John]

Try looking at scuppers thru the transom (these are the cockpit drainage 
holes).  My became cracked, and, while above the waterline, took in a lot of 
water.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "foredeckguy" <gary_lockhart33 at yahoo.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sinking at the dock!


>
> 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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