[Rhodes22-list] Water in bilge from line w/o check valve?

[Mary Lou Troy]

Greg,
What thru hull are you talking about? The sink? We don't have a bilge 
pump so I'm only guessing.. If you feel the bilge pump is necessary, 
can you route it into the sink?

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 03:25 PM 9/6/2010, you wrote:

>I have gotten water in the bilge since I got the boat. I ruled out rain, and
>always thought the CB cap was the problem. After Earl I think I found the
>problem. I am at a mooring in the Upper Chesapeake and get a ton of rocking.
>I don't have a check valve in my bilge and think that might be the cause.
>The boat rocks and when the through hull goes underwater it sends it back to
>the bilge. This taxes the battery and eventually kills it, then the bilge
>fills with water and the lower it sits compounds the problem.
>Does everyone have a check valve for the bilge?
>
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>Greg PA
>s/v SERENITY
>79 Rhodes 22
>North East MD
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