[Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window

Michael D. Weisner mweisner at ebsmed.com
Mon Jun 24 12:01:47 EDT 2013


Sorry folks.  While I am the Captain, my wife has always been the Admiral.

Mike
s/v <-- NoName -->  ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY



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Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 10:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window

That is what my wife tells me too.

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----- Reply message -----
From: "Stephen Staum" <snstaum at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 10:06 PM


Joe,

That is why I sail. On the boat is the ONLY time I am in charge. 

SS

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 23, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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-69
>>>> 668.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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