[Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window

[Joe Camp]

Rummy:


    My advice on that leaking window was dependent on my limited experience as a Rhodes sailor.  I should have consulted the list (actually, you) before trying the quick fix.  Now, I have something to do this fall.  Your advice, I have noted,  is founded in a long experience and a tenacity unchallenged in its ability to forge the best solution.  Thanks (again) for showing me, and the rest of this community, the way.  

     Now, as a expert in the travails of retirement, let me offer some advice to YOU:  I retired in 2010 after thirty-four years as a cop outside of Philly.  I don't know from what career you've retired, but based on what I have gleaned of your personality on this list, I'll wager that you were very focused on that career, and that leaving it creates a hole.  It took me about a year-- OK, all three years...so far --of denial and many visits top my old cop buddies, who feed me free coffee and let me curse like I once did, to break free.  I know it was time to move on, and that being fifty-six made me too old to fight with drunk twenty-somethings. And, I stopped running after people about ten years earlier, so...  Anyway, here's the advice: The friggin' world has not ended, you've just been reassigned, as it were.  So, relegate your long experience to a folder marked "proud memories" and make a new folder marked, "Rummy Rampage." then go to town
 filling it with new crap.

     I became an English professor.  I am also a writer, but I have not yet written about being an ex cop.  I have a space reserved in MY new folder (still waiting for a name).  I know I'll get to it, someday.  Till then, I have a hot little sailboat and a cyber buddy named Rummy.  What else do I need... besides my wife... and two daughters, oh yeah, Mom & Dad and some great drinking buddies who can still smoke a cigar.  Crap! I guess I need lots of stuff.  Well, you are on my list of assets.  Do you like cigars?  Plow on!

Joe Camp
s/v John Dawson
Bohemia River, Md. 



>________________________________
> From: "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org 
>Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 8:02 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
> 
>
>Another thought: Harbor Freight has a set of nylon tools that they  
>advertise as being used for auto body work, but I have found they work well for  
>port repairs. Four pieces for $6.99 and they come in very handy for this  
>project. You will still need several wooden wedges.
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-nylon-pry-bar-installer-kit-69668.html
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 6/22/2013 7:55:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
>
>David,
>The quick method is to simply seal around the outside  edge of the port and 
>
>continue sailing. The slower, longer lasting  method, is to remove the port 
>using  wooden or plastic wedges and  putty knives to remove the port. Clean 
>all the old  caulk off with  acetone and then reinstall the port with a 
>good 
>urethane or  neoprene  caulk. This is a time consuming repair, as you do 
>not 
>want to damage   the surrounding fiberglass, but it will last anywhere from 
>ten to fifteen  years  depending on the quality of the materials you use.
>You can  search the archives and I'm sure you will find a more in depth  
>description of the process.
>The dirty part of the water is coming from  the crud that has collected  
>behind the port over the years. Things  like spider crap, mold and mildew, 
>pollen  and even leaves have been  found once the port is removed.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated  6/21/2013 3:32:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>chsyhkr at gmail.com  writes:
>
>one of  the windows above the bench seat in our galley has  a very small
>leak.   Maybe a teaspoon after a big rain or  extended cleaning.
>
>The water is  coming in contact with something  that darkens it quite a bit.
>I was  planning on removing the flange  around the wind,  seeing what  is
>there, and resealing as   needed.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>David B.   Craft
>Greensboro,   NC
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