[Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

1 1/4" diameter

I just measured a few weekends ago and have order a plug from West Marine.

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--flip-lock-drain-plugs--P001919323

It is possible that the hole is 1 3/8" diameter. I'm hoping that the 1 1/4"
plug will expand if the diameter is slightly larger.

Marlan Green
s/v Nautisaurus
Rhode River, Edgewater, MD

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:21 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> West Marine lists a 1" and 1 1/4" plug.  Do you know which is the correct
> size for the Rhodes?
>
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 12:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring
>
> A standard marine drain plug can be inserted when you have extra crew in
> the cockpit.
>
>
> http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--flip-lock-drain-plugs--P001919323
>
> Christopher P. Cowie
>
> 4400 MacArthur Blvd, NW
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 12:35 PM
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List'
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22
> Email List
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 10:29 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring
>
> 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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