[Rhodes22-list] cb leak

[Ellyn and Sam Moore]

I think it has been established that if our boat
is trailer launched with the cb pendant slack
the board will hit the trailer and punch a hole
in the cap. Some owners have modified their
trailers to prevent this. We can also remember 
to cleat the pendant before launch.

Sam
S/V Roadster,  Central VA.
On Mar 6, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Ric Stott wrote:

> OK
> Now you have my attention.
> I have an '86 recently inherited from my dad.
> The CB trunk developed a leak mid summer 2013 that got worse until I  
> hauled it in November.
> The cap is cracked about 6" aft of the forward end and water leaks up  
> through the cap constantly.
> The screws for the cap have SS washers on them from the forward end,  
> about 12 inches back and no washers on the rest.
> I have never had it apart so I don't know what it looks like, but I  
> have to repair the cap and I want to replace the CB line as well.
> Any hints on what might have casued the cap to crack?
> What type and size line to use for the CB?
> Thanks
> Ric
> S/V Dadventure
> Hampton Bays, NY
> 
> 
> On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:58 AM, cjlowe at sssnet.com wrote:
> 
>> There is ten years between the builds of our boats, maybe Stan had one
>> come back with a hole punched thru the cb cap. Maybe a previous owner
>> pulled the cb cap and saw a skuff on the cb cap gasket and said...I'll
>> put a stop to this bullstuff and put the bracket in. Who knows? I went
>> with it being part of Stan's constantly upgrading. I made the new  
>> bracket
>> 3/4" up from 1/2" UHMWPE (thanks Hank ) and cut the V a little  
>> smaller to
>> leave more uhmwpe in the failure area.
>> The two things I can think of that would cause this abuse are  
>> trailering
>> on rough roads and being on a mooring. I wouldn't tear apart a good
>> sealed cb assembly, but next time your in there for maintainance,  
>> check
>> and see if the cb and cb cap have been making a habit of trying to  
>> occupy
>> the same space.
>> 
>> Jerry
>> 
>> 
>> Interesting. My 76 does not have such a bracket. ( What does "uhmp"  
>> stand
>>> for?) Do you think it is really necessary - particularly if it can  
>>> fail
>>> and
>>> lead to so much trouble?
>>> 
>> 
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