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

[Joe Camp]

Mike:

Thirty-one is a lot of years with this boat. So, your experienced advice is to say: "The water is your friend and your enemy; strike a balance!"  I like that philosophy.  Like Poor Richard Saunders (aka Ben Franklin) I should expect the worst; and when the worst happens... I am not surprised.  When the worst doesn't happen... I am ahead of the game. My new mantra.  Thanks.

And in the altered words of Niezsche:  "Whatever doesn't kill me is still a pain in my ass."  Or something similar to that.

Joe 



>________________________________
> From: Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
>To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2012 1:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'm Wet! (no sex)
> 
>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
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>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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