[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

After cleaning out and sanding the repair area inside and out, I put 4
layers of cloth/mat on the outside and alternating 4 layers each of mat
and roving  .



> Parts of the CB trunk you most likely haven’t seen
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>>> Switched from tablet to phone and the pics are big, so a few more pics
>>> and
>>> then more story.
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>>>  I called my brother on the way home, and he agreed to meet me back at
>>> the
>>>> lake to pull out. The pump kept up to the ingress for over three
>>>> hours,
>>>> until the boat was on wheels. The hole was about ten inches forward of
>>>> the
>>>> centerboard trunk , about the size of my fist. This area of the keel
>>>> is
>>>> where most of the ballest is. About a heaping dish pan full came out
>>>> of
>>>> the Area  I needed to access for the repair. Time for supper , so a
>>>> few
>>>> more pics and more later.
>>>>
>>>> Jerry Lowe SV Country Rhodes ‘86
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>>>>> A month ago, I went out on my first overnight in two years. Nice
>>>>> uneventful night, woke up to the swallows darting in and out of the
>>>>> wispy
>>>>> morning fog and using my rigging as home base for their morning hunt.
>>>>> Dove
>>>>> into a much needed bucket and sponge wash of the topside. Then on the
>>>>> way
>>>>> back to the dock,I went to part of the lake I don't normally visit.
>>>>> On
>>>>> the
>>>>> way back to the dock I hugged the shore more closely than I do when I
>>>>> normally return to the slip. 500 feet front my slip, at no wake speed
>>>>> I
>>>>> hit something under water. It lifted the front of the boat up and I
>>>>> was
>>>>> hung up. I rocked the boat side to side several times and no luck. I
>>>>> stepped back to put the motor in reverse, and it freed itself. Went
>>>>> to
>>>>> slip and tied up, and just before I went home, I thought I'd better
>>>>> check
>>>>> the bilge. One inch below the floorboards, and rapidly rising.
>>>>>  Home , truck, and trailer are 35 miles away, so I go to the marina
>>>>> and
>>>>> buy a bilge pump and some hose. I cut the cord off the hand held
>>>>> vacuum
>>>>> and wire and plumb every thing up and head for home. I'm going to
>>>>> stop
>>>>> here and post a few pictures and start a new post. Notebook problems.
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