[Rhodes22-list] First sail on my Rhodes and leaks!

[Mitch Mitchell]

Thanks Chris, I did just check out the hoses and although old and brittle I
did not see any evidence of a leak. Looks like it must be the centerboard
gasket. I'll do a little research on how to replace that. MM

On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 7:54 AM Chris Cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
wrote:

> The sink hose and lazarret hose should be easy to inspect and test.
> Sometimes the centerboard cap leaks and the gasket would then need to be
> replaced.
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> On Sep 28, 2019, at 7:45 AM, Mitch Mitchell <mitchpadl at gmail.com<mailto:
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> Well, I bought my Rhodes 22 (1990) about a year ago and finally got it out
> for the first real sail yesterday. After reading Thomas's post I felt I had
> been wimping out waiting for the perfect conditions! anyway, the original
> forecast was 10 - 15 but of course it was a steady 20 with gusts higher.
> The boat sailed great (mostly with just the mainsail) however upon
> returning to the ramp and loading the boat back on the trailer I noticed
> the carpet wet in the cabin and pulled it back and looked in the sump area
> and it was full of water. After bailing about 10 gallons we took the boat
> home and now need to figure out the problem. Hopefully someone can direct
> me on how to troubleshoot. The boat was heeled over quite a bit for most of
> the time so wondering if water could have been forced through the sink
> drain and the other opening since I would imagine the hoses to those are
> dry rotted on the inside. Thanks for any suggestions! Mitch
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