[Rhodes22-list] I'm Wet! (no sex)

[Michael D. Weisner]

Joe,

The fact of the matter is that things do get wet on  boat.  I am not sure
how many years Rummy has owned an R22 but, in my 31 years of ownership of a
boat on a mooring, I can attest to the fact that all items that cannot get
wet should be stored in sealed Ziplocs.  This means paper products, charts,
food items, etc.  This prevents moisture spoilage from excessive humidity in
a closed cabin as well (sweating at the waterline).  There are many sources
of rain or sea water and you can go crazy trying to seal them all.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
s/v <-no name -> ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Joe Camp
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 12:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'm Wet! (no sex)

Dennis:

     I may have experienced the same situation. In some downpours, my seat
drains have become overwhelmed, and water has spilled into the laz... but
not made it to the bilge.  In THIS event, articles in my cabinet were
soaked, and the water had not risen to that level.  That's why I think that
at least some of the water came from the starboard ports, ran down the
interior wall of the hull, soaked my articles in the cabinet then went
(based on the irreversible laws of physics) to the bilge.  

     Rummy doesn't believe that so much water could come in through the
ports, and he may be right given his long experience with the boat's design;
but I think that at least some did.  This was, after all, a unique weather
event, and the physical evidence points, in part, to those starboard ports.
No matter, the final  result is the same, and I have to dry out my cabin.  I
will start sealing things up and hope I get the culprit-source before the
next monster blow.  Muchas gracias mis amigos.

Joe Camp



>________________________________
> From: Dennis McNeely <mcneelyd at site-solutions.com>
>To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2012 10:17 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'm Wet! (no sex)
> 
>Apparently the foam under the cockpit may or may not seal the lazarette 
>from the bilge.
>
>Rainwater gets into our boat if the small seat drains are obstructed in 
>any way. Even if the drains are clear, they can't keep up with a 
>prolonged downpour, and water backs up over the lip at the lazarette 
>hatch. That water will appear in the bilge on Magic Moments within 
>minutes if the boat is level. It hasn't been a huge concern, but this year
I'll be flattening a 4"
>section of the lip between the lazarette and the cabin floor to allow 
>water to run off to the floor drain.
>
>Dennis
>s/v Magic Moments ('87 Rhodes 22)
>
>
>-> original message snipped for your reading pleasure :)
>
>  > In a message dated 7/5/2012 8:03:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>  > jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>  >
>  > Here, on the Bohemia River (Upper Chesapeake) we had a big
>  > (big) blow last week. Some of the middle east coast is still out of 
>power.
>  > Well, I rowed out to my boat on its mooring yesterday and noticed a 
>list to
>  > starboard and bow down a bit. The big blow had apparently blown up 
>the lid to
>  > my lazarette. Three and one half inches of rain went into the 
>opened hatch
>
>
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