[Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Joe,
Unfortunately my idea of retirement and my wife's are completely different. 
 I envisioned myself sitting in the shade sipping (sweet) iced tea and an  
occasional cigar with a rum and coke. Her idea is making up this forever 
long  list of things for me to do. My "honey do" list will never be completed.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/22/2013 9:56:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:

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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