[Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring

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Thanks Mary Lou,

Thanks for the reply.  I did know about keeping the water tank full and have
done that.

Susan

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When you motor at high speed, the action of prop tends dig the stern in a
little. You probably won't ever get more water than you got yesterday unless
you have more folks sitting in the stern with you. 
Because the R22 sails better with some weight in the bow, we do keep our
water tank about 2/3 full and store our spare anchor forward in the v-berth.
This also tends to level the boat out some when motoring.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
recycled 1998
now in her slip
Rock Hall,MD

At 08:31 AM 6/8/2015, you wrote:
>So I had a great day sailing yesterday on the Chesapeake Bay.  The boat 
>performed beautifully and, with a more experienced friend, we had the 
>boat heeled further than I had ever dared!  The wind was perfect and we 
>sailed for about 1 1/2 hours out on one tack and returned home on one 
>tack.  That had never happened to me before.  But my question is about 
>why water comes up through the drain hole in the cockpit when motoring 
>at top speed.  It only happens when I motor at top speed.  It stops and 
>all drains out when I reduce to about half speed.  I got the impression 
>that I could put a fair bit of water in the cockpit if I had continued 
>motoring at that speed.  I wasn't in that much of a hurry, but I was 
>curious to see how fast the boat would go motoring.
>
>Susan Crane
>On the Bohemia River
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