[Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window

Joe Camp jjcampjr at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 23 13:19:18 EDT 2013 

Steve:

A synonym for "Galley Wench" is "true boss."  I wish I'd have learned it sooner.  A synonym for "Captain" is "thinks he's in charge."

Joe Camp 



>________________________________
> From: Stephen Staum <snstaum at gmail.com>
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:20 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
> 
>
>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
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>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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