[Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring

Tue Jun 9 23:58:40 EDT 2015

I would only use the one way check value when underway, remove otherwise.  

Chuy

---- The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote: 
> Thanks Chuy.  The only problem with ine way valves is that they clog easily.  I tried it once and my boat very nearly sank as the cockpit filled with water from multiple thunderstorms in a one week timespan!  I got the dreaded marina phone call "yea your boat is sinking!"
> 
> Bob (palatka)
> 
> > On Jun 8, 2015, at 2:37 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> > 
> > My idea would be to use a one way value so water can escape the cockpit but not enter.  Easy to make but they can be purchased on line. 
> > 
> > Chuy
> > 
> > 
> > ---- The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote: 
> >> Mary Lou,
> >> 
> >> Oh no, not another glue question!  Now Stan is paying attention.
> >> 
> >> Marine Goop is fine for this.  Or for the really committed, 3M5200.
> >> 
> >> Rick
> >> 
> >> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:42 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> >> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> That's a really clever idea, Rick. What kind of glue did you use?
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Mary Lou
> >>> 1991 R22 Fretless
> >>> Rock Hall, MD
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> At 01:30 PM 6/8/2015, you wrote:
> >>>> 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
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> -----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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