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

[Joe Camp]

Mary Lou:

I have reached the same conclusions as you.  Water was likely due to the thrashing about and the high winds.  Still, I am glad I bought a boat.  Thanks.

Joe 



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> From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 11:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'm Wet! (no sex)
> 
>Joe,
>If the water got in to the boat and then was sloshed around, that 
>could also account for the wet things in the cabinet. Once water was 
>in the boat, I would expect everything to be soaked from a 
>combination of wave action and condensation. As Rummy mentioned, on 
>Fretless, we do keep most everything on the boat in plastic (pictures 
>attached of storage in the galley and in the head). Just the 
>condensation, particularly in the spring and fall is enough to get 
>things pretty damp (but wouldn't account for 25 gallons of water).
>
>The side ports should be fairly easy to test with a hose if you can 
>bring the boat into a dock. Also you said you have front opening 
>ports, were they seated properly and latched securely? The angle of 
>the cabin wall keeps those ports from being rainproof unless they are 
>securely latched and the gaskets are clean. We've had things get 
>pretty wet in the v-berth from an ordinary rainstorm when one of the 
>opening ports wasn't properly closed. If your v=verth stayed dry(er) 
>that's probably not a source.
>
>If you indeed had 3 1/2 inches of rain up there (we got no rain in RH 
>though we did get some of the wind), it is possible that combined 
>with the straightline 50-60 mph winds (and higher gusts) that most of 
>the water simply blew in under the pop-top and/or the pop-top slider. 
>The pop-top usually does a great job of keeping water out of the 
>boat, but if the boat is heeled somewhat because of the wind, the 
>strong winds might drive water over the edge of the lip and as Mike 
>mentioned about sailing in the NC sounds, when you take repeated 
>water over the bow and up onto the cabin top, it sometimes gets into 
>the cabin. Because your boat is on a mooring and the winds were 
>straightline, I'm thinking that most of the action on your boat was 
>hobby-horsing fore and aft from the waves. that might have helped 
>water get under the pop-top or the pop-top slider as well.
>
>Mary Lou
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From:  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>[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
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