[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

Before I put the ballast Back in, I took her to a closer lake and motored
around for an hour , checking for leaks. Dry as a bone, YEA.
I take it he rudder off for trailering and I didn’t bother putting it back
on for this test. I do not recommend this as stealing is very dicey. All
went well and I went home and filled the bilge and fiberglassed I over.








>> 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  .
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>>> Parts of the CB trunk you most likely haven’t seen
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>>>> Inside looking out
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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
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