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

Thu Mar 6 14:17:32 EST 2014

Hi Ric,
About 10 or 15 years ago there was a report from a member of this 
group whose boat had bounced in waves on a sandbar with the board 
down and punched a hole in his CB cap. He also reported that the boat 
floated inundated with water up to the level of the settee top which 
enabled them to get the boat home. Positive flotation in action. He 
got a new CB cap from General Boats. I don't believe he is on the list anymore.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 01:59 PM 3/6/2014, you wrote:
>Thanks Graham
>It might have been cracked when they loaded it onto a trailer to
>launch last spring and delivered it to me.
>It was a transport trailer.
>Sam replied that the pendant had to be cleated when trailered, or it
>would cause a crack.
>I'd like to understand the mechanics of that reply.
>Is the top or aft edge of the CB that close to the cap, and what
>component would allow it to move vertically, a hinge pin?
>Is there a CB diagram anywhere?
>I think it was leaking, but very little until later in the season then
>- after a storm, it got much worse.
>The boat may have been on the bottom or bounced on the bottom at a
>very low tide.
>I'll take it apart when it warms up.
>Pendant - Braided nylon is very stretchy - is that what we want?
>Ric
>
>On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Graham Stewart wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ric Stott
> > Sent: March-06-14 11:36 AM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > 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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