[Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring

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No, the wide part is just in front of the drain to produce a vacuum in the
drain.

The problem with a plug is forgetting to take it out, then it rains.  I'm
sufficiently challenged to remember to close the companionway hatch before
leaving the boat.

Rick

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:35 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Rick,
>
> So the wide part of the door stopper would be right over the drain hole?
> Is
> that correct?  I guess another solution is the find something to plug the
> drain hole in the cockpit.  Anyone else have a solution for this?  Is this
> going to happen even if not motoring if I bring 4 adults on the boat along
> with myself.
>
> Susan
>
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> Susan,
>
> Next time your boat is out of the water, glue a rubber door stopper in
> front
> of the drain hole--pointed end forward.  This will create a vacuum in the
> hole and you won't get water up the drain even with the fattest crew.
>
> Rick
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 8:31 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 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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