[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[Chris Geankoplis]

Oh jeez,
           I got a real lump in my throat and flies in the stomach. Not
butterflies just flies. So glad you didn’t have to totally test the
flotation. Looking forward to more on the repair. Are you going to rename
it Phoenix?
Chris Geankoplis
Enosis

On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 19:14, <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Inside looking out
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Switched from tablet to phone and the pics are big, so a few more pics
> >>> and
> >>> then more story.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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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