[Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window

Sun Jun 23 11:20:39 EDT 2013

Rummy,

I must remind you of the 1st Rule of Sailing:

Control Thy Galley Wench. 

or:  Honey Do's only apply when sailing is NOT available.  

Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2 - finally launched yesterday!
Needham, MA

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On Jun 23, 2013, at 8:00 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> 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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