[Rhodes22-list] hull problems?

Wed Oct 13 11:19:21 EDT 2010

So elle...... did you have it repainted .... or are you dealing with "fouling" ...... what is the "rest of the story????"

> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:37:24 -0700
> From: watermusic38 at yahoo.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] hull problems?
> 
> I can affirm what jim has noted....my hull had Trinidad on it when recycled, but having my engine installation etc done took several months, so the Trinidad lost its antifouling capability. 
> elle
> 
> Beer is good....people are crazy
> 
> 1992 Rhodes 22    Recycled '06"Watermusic"  {Lady in Red}
> 
> --- On Tue, 10/12/10, Jim Connolly <jbconnolly at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Jim Connolly <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] hull problems?
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:04 AM
> 
> This has nothing to do with the cracking question, but I don't think Pettit Trinidad is recommended for trailer sailing.  You want a paint described as "multi season" most of which are ablative (soft) paint. Most hard paints lose antifouling ability when out of the water for an extended period.
> 
> Jim Connolly 
> s/v Inisheer
> '85 recycled '03
> 
> 
> Stephen Staum <staum at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> >I agree also. SS
> >
> >Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The cracks look like gelcoat crazing to me.  I agree with Rummy on how
> >> to deal with it.
> >>
> >> Hank
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net>  
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi folks,
> >>> It's time again to work on the boat.  I'm hoping somebody can help me
> >>> with a couple of problems.  Take a look at pictures labeled  
> >>> hull_x.jpg.
> >>> I don't know a whole lot about bottom paint.  Stan says he used Petit
> >>> Trinidad on our boat which is a year 2000, recycled in 2008.  We  
> >>> trailer
> >>> sail so the boat is on the trailer most of the time.  Are the  
> >>> cracks in
> >>> the pictures typical with bottom paint after a couple of years, or is
> >>> this due to blistering, or what??
> >>> The cracks in hull_1.jpg bother me the most as it appears like some  
> >>> kind
> >>> of layer has lifted just slightly.  I don't know how long the hull  
> >>> has
> >>> been like this.  I only looked this year because we lost some bottom
> >>> paint on the keel from grounding on soft sand this spring.  At  
> >>> first, I
> >>> thought that the cracks in hull_1.jpg were the only ones, so I looked
> >>> inside the hull to see if I could see any damage inside.  I pulled  
> >>> off
> >>> the cover to the water tank, then hauled out the water tank and its
> >>> floor.  I found no evidence of damage where the cracks were located  
> >>> but
> >>> did find some blobs of rusty looking stuff on the keel/centerboard
> >>> structure. ??  Yep, they are magnetic.  Where did these  come  
> >>> from?  See
> >>> picture rust_blobs.jpg.  They seemed to be adhered to the keel
> >>> structure.  Oh well, I was going to haul the centerboard this winter
> >>> anyway so I might as well tear up the floor to see what else I find.
> >>> One kind of "humorous" note was that on the inside face of the  
> >>> bulkhead
> >>> separating the head from the water tank was written in large  
> >>> letters in
> >>> pencil "DO NOT USE THIS PIECE".  It looked like an okay piece of  
> >>> ply to
> >>> me.  The tabbing connecting the bulkhead to the hull was loose but  
> >>> Don
> >>> Casey says one must expect this in any boat.
> >>> What I mostly need is guidance on how best to deal with the cracks on
> >>> the hull, and where did the rust come from?  Hull is very dry by the
> >>> way.  We didn't do much on the water this year as it was so blasted  
> >>> hot.
> >>> Joe
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