[Rhodes22-list] Searching the archives and settled step >now mast step cb leak

[Graham Stewart]

Ric:

My CB cap broke in about the same place as you describe when I was removing
it. I have no idea why it would break while installed, but in the case of my
cap it was quite thin in that area and I suspect that a heavy object falling
on the cap, such as a floorboard, might be sufficient to crack it. I beefed
mine up quite a bit before I reinstalled it.

The CB line for my boat is 12' long and looks like 5/16 diameter braided
nylon. I am virtually certain that this was the original line as the cap had
been installed with a fibreglass sheet over it and sealed with some very
tenacious caulking and , as I recall, rivets. Getting the cap off was very
difficult - hence it was broken in the process. Once I had rebuilt the cap
as well as the base which had been badly damaged during the removal of the
cap, I reinstalled the cap with stainless bolts rather than screws

Graham 


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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Searching the archives and settled step >now
mast step cb leak

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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